The Secretary-General is gravely concerned about intensified escalation in Yemen and Israel. Israeli airstrikes today on Sana’a International Airport, the Red Sea ports and power stations in Yemen are especially alarming. The…
Tripoli – On the 73rd anniversary of Libya's independence, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) extends heartfelt congratulations to the Libyan people. On this occasion, we celebrate not only Libya's hard-won…
Port-au-Prince, 23 December 2024 Just over two weeks after the start of a wave of crimes committed by the Wharf Jérémie gang in the municipality of Port-au-Prince, the United Nations Integrated Office (BINUH) in Haiti and the…
BENGHAZI – 21 December – Over one hundred military police, judges and prosecutors have taken part in a three-month programme in Benghazi organized by UNSMIL’s Human Rights, Transitional Justice and Rule of Law Section and the…
BENGHAZI – 21 December – Young men and women from across the eastern and southern region came together earlier this week in a two-day workshop in Benghazi as part of UNSMIL’s #YouEngage programme. On day one, the twenty-eight…
Dakar, 20 December 2024– The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, today presented to the United Nations Security…
KUFRA, Libya — A high-level United Nations delegation visited Kufra yesterday to assess the ongoing humanitarian response for Sudanese refugees. Led by UNSMIL Officer-in-Charge Stephanie Koury and Deputy Special…
20 December 2024 2024 was, to put it mildly, an exceptionally difficult year for Lebanon. Far too many lives were lost, devastated, and disrupted. The conflict, which inflicted untold suffering and trauma, also left great…
Looking back over the year, in May 2024 over 60 Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot artists, academics and experts came together under the auspices of of Office of the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Cyprus at the…
The Secretary-General is following with grave concern reports of Israeli airstrikes earlier today in and around the ports of Hudaydah, Salif and Ra’s Isa and on power stations in Sana’a in Yemen. He is also deeply concerned…
Mogadishu – The importance of access to health services for all Somalis came under the spotlight this week at an event in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, to mark the Universal Health Coverage Day (UHCD).