The theme of this year’s World Maritime Day — Seafarers: at the core of shipping’s future — pays tribute to the professionalism and resilience of seafarers and recognizes their indispensable role securing vital global supply…
Mogadishu – United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed undertook a visit to Somalia today in solidarity with Somali women’s calls for full and equal participation in political life, and to express the support…
Mogadishu – United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed undertook a visit to Somalia today in solidarity with Somali women’s calls for full and equal participation in political life, and to express the support…
As part of a nation-wide outreach effort to present the mission, its mandate and introduce the UN to the general population, a UNITAMS team visited Sudan’s central states last week. The activity aimed at raising awareness on…
New York, 12 September 2021 I am pleased to join you as you mark this UN Day for South-South Cooperation. The COVID-19 pandemic is the most complex immediate challenge facing our world and it is undermining hard won social…
New York, 10 September 2021 AS PREPARED Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Security Council, Let me begin by congratulating you and Ireland for assuming the presidency of the Security Council this month. We are just…
Spokesperson: We are delighted to be joined by our newly appointed Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg who just briefed the Council. He’ll have a few words and then take a few questions. Please. UN Special Envoy: Good morning…
Kigali (Rwanda), 10 September 2021 - The Network of African Women in Conflict Prevention and Mediation, better known as ‘FemWise-Africa’, has concluded a week-long training in Kigali, Rwanda, to enhance the mediation and…
Thank you. Madame President, I am honored to have been appointed the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Yemen, a position I started four days ago. I appreciate the expressions of support from Yemenis and the international…
On 9 September, Governor Saddek El Kaber and Deputy Governor Ali El Hebri of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), briefed the plenary of the Berlin Process, convened by the Economic Working Group (EWG) Co-Chairs (United States…
NEW YORK - The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, today briefed the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan. Read the Security Council briefing by SRSG Lyons Read the Secretary…
The Secretary-General welcomes the announcement today of the formation of a new Government of Lebanon. The people of Lebanon are struggling with a deepening crisis and hardship. The Secretary-General urges Lebanon’s new…