Dakar, 27 March 2015 – The United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA) organized on 26 March 2015, a discussion session on “natural resources: a security, governance and human rights challenge in West Africa”. These…

Mohammed Ibn Chambas, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA)...

Dakar, 27 March 2015 - Mohammed Ibn Chambas, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA), calls on all candidates, political parties, state institutions…

Mohammed Ibn Chambas, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA)...

NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at the world body’s headquarters in New York. The meeting marked Mr. Ghani’s first visit to the United Nations as President of the…

"We believe that this week we have made very important progress in our talks. So far, the agreement of the participants was on two points – that there is no military solution for Libya, and that we should agree on national…

On 24 March 2015, the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (DSRSG), Raisedon Zenenga, paid a visit to Baidoa, where he renewed UNSOM’s commitment and continued support to the on-going regional…

Mogadishu - At least 27 representatives from civil society organizations and human rights activists in Somalia concluded a two-day consultative workshop in Mogadishu on Tuesday, to review the human rights situation in Somalia…

We continue to work here in skhirat. As you know, I was out for a few hours in a short trip in which I could visit Tobruk and Tripoli. We had an exchange of views on how to expedite the talks. I had told you, I think in our…

25 March 2015 – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is gravely concerned about the continuing violence across Libya and calls for its immediate end. The fighting, bombings and abductions not only increase the…

GENEVA (25 March 2015) – A UN human rights report released on Wednesday reveals a catalogue of violent attacks and threats against Libyan rights defenders, across Libya – and in some cases even after they are forced to leave…

WASHINGTON - Ahead of a scheduled meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 26 March, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah met with President Barack Obama in Washington D.C…