Fisheries | FAO supports marginalized fisherfolks on Bajuni Islands FAO provided fisherfolks on the small islands that make up the Bajuni archipelago off the Somali city of Kismayo with six boats and comprehensive fishing…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, condemns the heinous terrorist attack perpetrated by armed men on 28…
New York, 30 November 2020 More than one hundred years after the first large-scale use of chemical weapons in battle, they continue to inflict terror, suffering and death. Recent years have seen the erosion of the taboo…
Garowe – On their third group visit to Somalia’s Federal Member States (FMSs), representatives from some of the country’s main partners today emphasized the need for Somali leaders to remain in dialogue with one another, as…
Good afternoon, We are very pleased to be in Garowe today. I would like to thank His Excellency, President Said Abdullahi Deni, and his team, for the warm welcome extended to us today. I am here today with the Special…
New York, 30 November 2020 I am pleased to join you for the 13th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Later this week, we will also observe the…
HUDAYDAH, 29 November 2020 — The Head of the United Nations Mission to support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) and Chair of the Redeployment Coordination Committee, Abhijit Guha, is calling for restraint after a recent upsurge…
Garowe – Good afternoon, We are very pleased to be in Garowe today. I would like to thank His Excellency, President Said Abdullahi Deni, and his team, for the warm welcome extended to us today. I am here today with the…
[scroll down for Arabic and French versions] As the United Nations marks its 75th anniversary, the question of Palestine remains distressingly unresolved. The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated the Palestinian economy and…
Thank you, Jenifer, and good to see you all. I understand we also now connected with friends in New York, so heartily welcome to you as well. I have just now concluded my meeting with the civil society group, the so-called…
New York, 29 November 2020 As the United Nations marks its 75th anniversary, the question of Palestine remains distressingly unresolved. The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated the Palestinian economy and undermined the already…
Melissa Fleming 00:01 From the United Nations. I'm Melissa Fleming and this is Awake at Night. My guest this week is Martin Griffiths, the Secretary General's Special Envoy for Yemen, a country that has been devastated by…