As delivered Thank you so much, Mr. President. Let me begin by thanking you and your team for welcoming me to South West State, Baidoa. This is my second visit; I was here back in 1993 during the original UN mission to…
As delivered Thank you, Mr. President. Let me begin by extending my great appreciation for the very warm welcome that I have received today from you and your cabinet ministers. I am only on day five of my time in Somalia, but…
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Colombia The Secretary-General congratulates the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) for the agreements they announced in…
Kampala, Uganda, 9 June 2023 – The Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region in collaboration with the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), and with the financial…
From 5 to 9 June, UNOAU attended the Annual Common Connections Week on Security Sector Reform (SSR) in New York, a meeting of SSR practitioners and policymakers within the United Nations (UN) Inter-Agency SSR Task Force and…
Jowhar – Kicking off her initial round of meetings with the leaders of Somalia’s Federal Member States, the new top United Nations official in the country visited Hirshabelle today to discuss a range of issues with its…
As delivered Thank you so much, Mr. President, for the very warm welcome you have extended to myself and my team today, and many thanks also to your cabinet. I am accompanied today by George Conway, who is the UN’s Deputy…
As delivered Thank you so much, Mr. President, for the very warm welcome you have extended to myself and my team today, and many thanks also to your cabinet. I am accompanied today by George Conway, who is the UN’s Deputy…
In its effort to monitor the situation of human rights and protection in Sudan, the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) undertook on 7 June engagement activities with Uganda-based…
New York, 8 June 2023 The ocean is the foundation of life. It supplies the air we breathe and food we eat. It regulates our climate and weather. The ocean is our planet’s greatest reservoir of biodiversity. Its resources…
UNSMIL takes note of the outcome of the work of the 6+6 HoR-HCS Committee which met in Bouzniqa, Kingdom of Morocco, from 22 May to 6 June 2023 to develop draft electoral laws for the presidential and parliamentary elections…
New York – The members of the Security Council reaffirmed their full respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, political independence and unity of Somalia. The members of the Security Council expressed concern about…