Press Releases

Accra, 6 May 2014 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit was received in audience by HE Mr. John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana and…

Accra, 6 May 2014 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit was received in audience by HE Mr. John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana and…

Juba, 06 May 2014 - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Juba today for a one-day visit to South Sudan.

The Secretary-General welcomes the signing by the nuclear-weapon States of the Protocol to the Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia. The Protocol commits the nuclear-weapon States to respect the application of…

SRSG Miroslav Jenča's Article " Regional Economic Cooperation in Central Asia: Challenges and Perspectives" was published at “Afghanistan Reconnected: Regional Economic Security Beyond 2014” Report on the Abu Dhabi…

I had a very good meeting with Minister Mashnouk. We discussed different aspects of the humanitarian situation as it relates to refugees and host communities and our efforts to encourage burden-sharing and greater…

Juba, 23 April 2013 - UNMISS wishes to correct erroneous information provided on two issues during a press conference held earlier today by the Minister of Information and Broadcasting of the Republic of South Sudan…

Beirut, Lebanon Thursday, 24 April 2014 I had a good meeting with Prime Minister Tammam Salam. I expressed appreciation for the measures that the government has been taking to address the security challenges and the calm…

24 April 2014 - An attack today on a convoy of barges hired by UNMISS to a mission base in Upper Nile State was an example of the difficulties aid agencies and the mission were facing in reaching people in hard-to-access…