NEW YORK - The Secretary-General is encouraged by the technical and security preparations and broad public engagement for Afghanistan's upcoming Presidential and Provincial Council elections. These are extremely important…

KABUL - In two days, Afghans will cast their votes in an historic election marking the passage of political authority from one elected president to another.In a time of uncertainty, a smooth transfer of power is critical to…

KABUL - As Afghans prepare for Presidential and Provincial Council elections, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) highlights the importance of domestic observers, as well as candidate and party agents…

KABUL - The top United Nations official in Afghanistan today urged the country’s women to maintain and build on the momentum behind a recent petition – signed by more than 250,000 women and girls – calling for peace and a…

Tripoli, 2 April 2014 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Tarek Mitri, met on Tuesday 1 April 2014 with ambassadors and representatives of diplomatic missions in Libya. The meeting discussed…

KABUL - Ahead of the end to the official campaigning period tonight for candidates in Afghanistan's landmark Presidential and Provincial Council elections, the top United Nations official in the country today urged Afghans…

1 April 2014 - The Guinea-Bissau Configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) welcomes the successful conclusion of the voters' registration process in Guinea-Bissau, which allowed for a historical expansion of the…

Tripoli, 1 April 2014 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has received allegations that some detainees have been tortured. UNSMIL wrote to the Prosecutor General on 23 March 2014 asking for access to…

I would like to thank President Jabbara, Vice President Salem and Outreach Programme Director Samia for inviting me to speak here today. I have experienced elsewhere of Model UNs but never one on the scale of the Global…

Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, has welcomed the visit by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to Baidoa to meet with supporters of opposing state formation…

31 March 2014 - The Secretary-General is concerned by the latest upsurge in violence in the Central African Republic. This further deterioration of the security situation in the country has resulted in additional fatalities…

KABUL - A senior United Nations official in Afghanistan today said that domestic observers will anchor observation activities in the Presidential and Provincial Council elections to be held later this week.“In fact, [election…