HUDAYDAH, 3 December 2020 — UNMHA condemns the reported killing and injury of civilians as a result of shelling of the Thabit industrial complex in Hudaydah earlier this evening. The killing of civilians must stop. UNMHA…
Mogadishu – For the first time since 2015, the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission met today to discuss Somalia and explore how the international community can support its peacebuilding priorities and jointly find…
New York, 3 December 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has affected communities and societies at their very core, deepening pre-existing inequalities. Even under normal circumstances, the one billion persons living with disabilities…
I want to remind as I said before, time is not on your side. I would like to alert you to the fact that there is a direct cost for inaction and obstruction. Here are some indicators, I want to alert you to: There now 10…
1. Senior representatives from the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), Federal Member States (FMS) representatives, and international partners met in Mogadishu on 1st December 2020 for a Security and Justice Committee (SJC)…
Mogadishu – The importance of improving security and the rule of law for the long-term future of Somalia was the focus of a high-level meeting today which brought together top officials from the country’s Federal Government…
On 1 December, Economic Working Group (EWG) co-chairs of the International Follow Up Committee for Libya, including Ambassadors of Egypt and the United States, the European Union, and the Acting Special Representative of the…
New York, 2 December 2020 This year’s global protests against systemic racism have brought renewed attention to a legacy of injustices all over the world whose roots lie in the dark history of colonialism and slavery. But…
New York, 2 December 2020 President Bollinger, Dear friends, I thank Columbia University for hosting this gathering — and I welcome those joining online around the world. We meet in this unusual way as we enter the last month…
The African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU) hosted a two-day High-Level Dialogue (HLD) to commemorate the 20 th Anniversary of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000)…
Good morning, I’m sorry for not being able to connect with you live today, and that we are not together in Rome. As you may know, we just started with the 4 th Session of the Syrian Constitutional Committee today. Let me…
New York, 1 December 2020 With the world’s attention focused on the COVID-19 crisis, World AIDS Day is a reminder of the need to maintain focus on another global pandemic that is still with us nearly 40 years after it emerged…