News from our Missions
Thank you, Madame President. Madame President, allow me first to take this opportunity to welcome my new colleague at the helm of OCHA, Under Secretary-General Tom Fletcher. I very much look forward to working with you. I…
TRIPOLI – 10 December – As part of the UN in Libya Ra’idat programme, thirty-five young women from the south, east and west of Libya, including persons with disabilities, discussed how human rights can be leveraged to develop…
TRIPOLI, 10 December 2024 - Today, on Human Rights Day , the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) emphasises this year’s theme, “Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now,” highlighting the transformative force of human…
TUNIS - UNSMIL and UNDP, as part of their joint program “Addressing the File of Missing Persons in Libya”, convened a meeting on 5 and 6 December in Tunis, bringing together representatives of the Presidency Council (PC), the…
TRIPOLI - UNSMIL’s Human Rights, Rule of Law, and Transitional Justice Service organized two key events in Tripoli to advance correctional service reforms in Libya. The first event, held on December 1-2, brought together…
Let me start by saying that what has happened in the last few days, no one, absolutely no one saw this coming. I believe even the armed groups that are now in control of Damascus have been surprised by what has happened. But…
Your excellency, Mr. Nikos Christodoulides, your excellency Mr. Ersin Tatar, Mr. Mehmet Ali Talat, Madam Sibel Tatar, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, Good evening, a warm welcome to all of you to the…
Ms. Najat Rochdi, Deputy Special Envoy for Syria, convened the Humanitarian Task Force in Geneva, urging stakeholders and member states with leverage to prioritize the protection of civilians, safeguard critical…
Mogadishu – Marking Human Rights Day, the United Nations today commended Somalia for its recent achievements in promoting and protecting the rights of all Somalis.
On International Human Rights Day, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) urges the de facto authorities to embrace global human rights obligations as a key to the protection and prosperity of current…
On Human Rights Day, we face a harsh truth. Human rights are under assault. Tens of millions of people are mired in poverty, hunger, poor health and education systems that have not yet fully recovered from the COVID-19…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel(UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, congratulates the people of Ghana for the peaceful, orderly, and…