On 14 February, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) to the African Union (AU) and Head of UNOAU, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga received the newly appointed Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Ethiopia and…
TRIPOLI – 13 February 2023– A lack of awareness of their rights prevents many women from seizing economic opportunities, said the Ms. Zakiya Alamary the leader of the General Secretariat for Libyan Women (GSLW) in a meeting…
KABUL - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, has expressed her support for Afghan media and journalists and reiterated the need for the de facto authorities to reverse bans…
TRIPOLI – 13 Februrary 2023 – The voices of labourers in Libya are not being heard amidst the protracted political crisis said the President of the Labour Union at a meeting with representatives of labour unions from across…
As part of UNMHA’s efforts to increase engagement with local community groups and advance the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in support of the Mission’s mandate in Hudaydah, UNMHA’s Deputy Head of Mission Vivian van…
I will be very brief. I told his Excellency the Foreign Minister Dr. Fayssal Mekdad my deepest condolences for the losses that have affected all the Syrian people and I expressed our mourning for the loss of life. And I also…
Let me start by expressing my deepest condolences to the Syrian people. We mourn every single life that has been lost. The earthquake in Turkiye and Syria is one of the biggest humanitarian or natural disasters that we have…
Dhusamareb – United Nations support for Somalia is set to step up a notch following an agreement which paves the way for the establishment of a new office in the country’s Federal Member State (FMS) of Galmudug. The FMS’…
As delivered Good afternoon. Thank you very much, Mr. President, to you and your team for an extremely warm welcome to Galmudug. I want to, on behalf of my team, thank you for the welcome and for the fruitful discussions we…
New York, 12 February 2023 Terrorism is an affront to humanity. It targets people of all ages, cultures, religions, and nationalities. It undermines the values that bind us together. And it threatens collective efforts to…
Abuja, 8 February 2023 - UNOWAS, in collaboration with UN WOMEN supported the Nigerian chapter of the Working Group on Women, Youth, Peace and Security in West Africa and the Sahel (WGWYPS-WAS) in hosting a Townhall Dialogue…
GENEVA/PORT-AU-PRINCE (10 February 2023) – Extreme violence and gross human rights abuses, including mass incidents of murder, gang rape and sniper attacks, have sharply increased in Cité Soleil on the outskirts of the…