Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Agila Saleh Essa Gwaider, President of the House of Representatives of Libya New York, 29 September 2015 - The Secretary-General met today with H.E. Mr. Agila Saleh…

Jordanian Expertise in Family and Children Protection Extended to Libyan Staff of Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Justice and Civil Society Organizations In September, UNSMIL’s Women Empowerment Section, in collaboration…

NEW YORK, September 2015 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held meetings with H.E. Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, H.E. Mr. Emomali Rahmon, President of the Republic of Tajikistan H.E. Mr…

The UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia has issued a new publication entitled “Regional Cooperation as a Factor for Peace and Stability in Central Asia”. This publication represents a compilation of…

KABUL - As the situation unfolds in Kunduz, the United Nations in Afghanistan reminds all parties to the conflict of their obligations under international humanitarian law to protect civilians from harm and to respect human…

Oral update of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Libya pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 28/30 [To be delivered by the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights] 30th session of the Human…

Delivered by the Director of the Human Rights, Transitional Justice and Rule of Law Division of UNSMIL 30th session of the Human Rights Council, Item 10 29 September 2015 Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, On…

New York, 28 September 2015 - Your Excellency President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia, Your Excellency Dr. Abdusalam Hadliye Omer, Foreign Affairs Minister of Somalia,Your Excellency Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson…

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- On 29 September, Mr. Petko Draganov, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), visited Brussels, and on this…

GENEVA - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein today expressed deep concern about the human rights situation in Afghanistan's northeastern city of Kunduz following a major Taliban attack yesterday. He…

NEW YORK - The President of the General Assembly today challenged the United Nations to generate the political will to end conflict and poverty and invest the trillions of dollars that will be needed to build a sustainable…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns yesterday’s suicide attack in Zarghun Shahr district in the south-eastern province of Paktika. On 27 September, a suicide attacker detonated an…