The United Nations Security Council today urged the Government of Burundi to establish a climate of freedom and openness conducive to the holding of elections later this year.

Tyre, Lebanon 17 February 2015 In a visit to south Lebanon today, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Mrs. Sigrid Kaag, met with Members of Parliament in the southern city of Tyre after consultations with…

KABUL - Afghan civil society gained momentum on Tuesday with the formation of a national, independent organization designed to promote high standards among civil society institutions through a comprehensive certification…

15 February 2015 - The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the heinous and cowardly apparent murder in Libya of twenty-one Egyptian Coptic Christians by an affiliate of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant…

15 February 2015 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) strongly condemns the killing of Egyptian nationals in Libya at the hands of ISIS terrorists. This terrorist crime against these guest workers from…

JALALABAD - The number of Afghan police women in the eastern province of Nangarhar has grown, due in part to a new initiative supported by the Ministry of Interior and the United Nations. As one aspect of the new programme…

Good morning all- and thank you for this opportunity. I would like to share with you few remarks on the recent developpement regarding the election process in Nigeria in the context of a regional reaction to stop the threat…

Ghedames, Libya - 11 February 2015 - A political dialogue round facilitated by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) convened in the City of Ghedames on Wednesday 11 February 2015. For the first time, all…

11 February 2015 - Women's organizations of Bissau-Guinean civil society today handed over to the Head of State, José Mario Vaz, the Declaration of Canchungo at a ceremony attended by the UN family led by the Deputy Special…

The situation on the ground can be described through many different ways, most of the Libyans I believe are pushing us and their political representatives and militias to negotiate. A minority, but a noisy minority and people…

We are publishing today a report*, which will be formally presented to the Human Rights Council in March, describing the situation of human rights in Libya during 2014. It paints a bleak picture of increasing turmoil and…

NEW YORK - The Taliban’s involvement in criminal activity, including narcotics trafficking, illicit mining, collusion with mafias and kidnapping for ransom, appears to be increasing, a new UN Security Council Committee report…