The PBC underscores that this situation has been negatively impacting on the functioning of the State, including the disruption of vital social services to the population. The PBC exhorts all political and social stakeholders…

KANDAHAR - Around 40 school children received an introduction to the principles of human rights during visits last week to UNAMA’s office in the southern province of Khandahar. Organized by UNAMA’s local Human Rights section…

The U.N. Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, paid a courtesy visit today to the delegation of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) at their hotel in Geneva following their arrival last night. The short informal…

Tripoli, Libya, 26 Jan 2016- For the first time since the outbreak of war in Libya in 2011, thousands of children are getting a chance to be children again-to learn and play. Across the conflict riddled country, UNICEF has…

PRESS STATEMENT 03/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating, commended the Federal Government of Somalia for its participation in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)…

PRESS STATEMENT 03/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating, commended the Federal Government of Somalia for its participation in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)…

28 January 2016 Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to co-chair the 5th meeting of the International Contact Group for Libya with my friend, AU Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador Smail Chergui. I…

TUNIS, 28 January 2016 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is distributing food in eastern Libya for the first time since last June to provide one-month's assistance over the coming four weeks to nearly 80,000…

Calls for his Immediate and Unconditional Release 28 January 2016 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Martin Kobler, strongly condemns…

A three-day training in media relations for security institutions in Somalia has opened in Mogadishu. The training focuses on protection of journalists and cooperation with the media. Officially opening the training today…

I will speak in English but we do have also a very good lady who will be doing some interpretation in Arabic when and if there is a need for it. Thank you Good evening, as you know I have just have had a meeting with the…

Somalia’s international partners welcome the decision taken by the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) on an electoral model for the electoral process to be conducted later this year. The United Nations, the African Union…