The Ambassadors of France, Russia, the United States of America, Germany, Italy, the European Union, the League of Arab States, representatives of the United Kingdom and China and the Apostolic Nuncio as well as the United…

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating, has welcomed the decision of Jubbaland leaders to accept the Federal Government’s electoral model for 2016. Jubbaland representatives…

HERAT - The international community is committed to supporting Herat throughout 2016, said UN officials and others gathered at the International Stakeholders’ Forum this week in Afghanistan’s western province. Khalil Osman…

Your Excellency Prime Minister David Cameron, Your Excellency Chancellor Angela Merkel, Your Excellency Sheikh Sabah Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Your Majesties and Royal Highnesses, Distinguished…

Today the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for political affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, visited Somalia and held meetings with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the speaker of the Federal Parliament, Mohamed Sheikh Osman…

Today the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for political affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, visited Somalia and held meetings with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the speaker of the Federal Parliament, Mohamed Sheikh Osman…

Arabic version Geneva (3 February 2016)- The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, has announced a recess in intra-Syrian talks as of the end of Friday, 5 February. The talks are to resume in Geneva…

First of all let me say that my obligation to open these talks on behalf of the Secretary-General in January came from a resolution, a Security Council resolution, well they instructed me to start the talks. We were ready…

LAGHMAN - Women in Laghman and Nangarhar provinces in eastern Afghanistan have come together at UNAMA-backed meetings to discuss ways they can participate more effectively in elections, the peace process and local governance…

(Tunis, 1 February 2016) - With winter temperatures plunging and funding support for the Libya Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) stagnant, I am increasingly concerned that vulnerable, conflict-affected people in Libya will…

Today, the U.N. Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, will issue invitations to Syrian women and civil society representatives, to contribute to the United Nations-facilitated talks, being held in Geneva between…

SdM: Good evening, you probably heard, and I am sure you did, the comments made by the spokesperson for the HNC. We had a two-hours meeting with the HNC. As far as we are concerned their arrival to the Palais des Nations and…