KABUL - On the heels of International Women’s Day earlier this month, the UN’s regional offices in Afghanistan have continued their information campaigns to raise awareness about women’s rights. Officials from the regional…

24 March 2015 - Representatives of municipal and local councils from a number of towns and cities from across Libya gathered in Brussels, Belgium, on Monday 23 March 2015 for a two-day meeting convened by UNSMIL and…

Mogadishu - As required by the Provisional Federal Constitution of Somalia and in line with the recently passed laws on the National Independent Electoral Commission and the Boundaries and Federation Commission, Somalia is…

Mogadishu - The Federal Government of Somalia led by Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke has met with development partners under the Somali Development and Reconstruction Facility-Steering Commitee to review projects…

24 March 2015 - After weeks of discussions with all the parties and in light of the deteriorating military situation that threatens with further escalation as progress is made in the political dialogue, Special Representative…

Monday, 23 March 2015 - Leon: For these mayors, it is very difficult to be here today, many of them live in areas that have been bombed … many of people say you cannot go there, you cannot talk to these people, they are our…

Remarks by Bernardino Leon, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), meeting of representatives of municipal and local councils from a number of towns…

Brussels, 23 March 2015 - Representatives of municipal and local councils from a number of towns and cities from across Libya gather today in Brussels, Belgium, to continue the work on confidence-building measures that were…

The Special Envoy for the Sahel, Mrs. Hiroute Guebre Sellassie, paid a visit to Sweden from 19-20 March 2015, in order to seek...

It’s not a secret that we need to expedite these talks. You can imagine that the international community and the United Nations are really very concerned about these attacks and this military escalation. The United Nations is…

Dakar, 22 March 2015- On 21 March SRSG Mohamed Ibn Chambas undertook a visit to Freetown. The visit took place against a backdrop of the decision by Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma to discharge Vice President Alhadji…

KANDAHAR - To promote peace and reconciliation at the community level, the United Nations has backed a series of theatre events in various districts of the southern province of Kandahar. In front of an audience of 150 school…