KABUL - The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and head of UNAMA, Ján Kubiš, met today with the two presidential candidates, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai.At…

Mogadishu – United States Representative for Somalia James P. McAnulty, UN Special Representative for Somalia Nicholas Kay and European Union Ambassador Michele Cervone d'Urso express profound concern about the deployment of…

United States Representative for Somalia James P. McAnulty, UN Special Representative for Somalia Nicholas Kay and European Union Ambassador Michele Cervone d'Urso express profound concern about the deployment of armed forces…

Kinshasa, 29 August 2014 – The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region (SESG), Said Djinnit completes his first two-day visit in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in a move to advance the…

KABUL - The United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and head of UNAMA, Ján Kubiš, today briefed President Hamid Karzai on the progress of the Presidential run-off election audit.Mr. Kubiš, in…

21 August 2014 - Miguel Trovoada arrived early this Thursday in Bissau to assume his duties as Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau (SRSG) and Head of UNIOGBIS, the United Nations Integrated…

KABUL - The United Nations today reinforced the expertise in the Presidential elections audit process with a senior elections advisor, Mr. Richard Chambers of the United Kingdom, taking up responsibilities to support the…

I would like to thank Patriarch El-Rai for inviting me and my colleagues to Bkerke to meet with him and the other Christian Patriarchs of the East. The Patriarchs shared with us their concerns about recent developments…

KABUL - Below is the near verbatim transcript of the media encounter of the Deputy Special Representative of UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Nicolas Haysom on the status of audit of the results of Presidential run-off…

KABUL - The United Nations today pledged to redouble its support to Afghan electoral authorities in order for the expeditious completion of a thorough and credible audit of the Presidential run-off elections of 14 June…

Security Council Briefing, 27 August 2014 Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNSMIL, Tarek Mitri Mr. President, 1. In recent days, armed confrontations, which are both the cause and the result of deep…

On 26 August, the monthly UNSOM-Civil Society Forum was organized in Garoowe, Puntland, with the Human Rights Section taking the lead. After UNSOM Human Rights Officers explained the role and responsibilities of the Office of…