(As delivered, New York, 15 February 2022) Madame President, Distinguished Members of the Council, Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Council on the situation in Somalia. I am pleased to do so again together with the…
Thank you Mr. President, Mr. President, the continued military escalation of the conflict in Yemen has escaped no-one. I am here today to discuss these worrying developments and to share with you my efforts and to try and…
The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Joanna Wronecka, and Minister of Interior and Municipalities, Bassam Mawlawi, chaired today the second Elections Forum to take stock of the preparations for the…
A full month of almost daily sessions with a diverse range of groups including civil society, women’s rights organizations, resistance committees, political parties, young women activists, academics, journalists, youth…
The Secretary-General is following closely the situation in Libya. He takes note of the vote taken on Thursday, 10 February, by the House of Representatives in consultation with the High State Council to adopt the…
The International Support Group for Lebanon (ISG) met in Beirut today to review preparations for the upcoming parliamentary elections. Echoing the Security Council press statement on Lebanon of 4 February 2022, and recalling…
Dakar, 10 February 2022 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh ANNADIF, today paid a one-day visit to Guinea-Bissau…
Today, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Ms. Joanna Wronecka, visited southern Lebanon including Sidon, Bissariye, Sarafand and Amraa. She met with the Directorate of General Security, visited a collective…
New York, 11 February 2022 Today, only one in three science and engineering researchers in the world is a woman. Structural and societal barriers prevent women and girls from entering and advancing in science . The COVID-19…
Dakar, 09 February 2022 - After having carried out a joint mission with ECOWAS to Burkina Faso on 31 January, and participated in the Extraordinary Session of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government on the political…