Oral update of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Libya pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 28/30 [To be delivered by the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights] 30th session of the Human…
Delivered by the Director of the Human Rights, Transitional Justice and Rule of Law Division of UNSMIL 30th session of the Human Rights Council, Item 10 29 September 2015 Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, On…
New York, 28 September 2015 - Your Excellency President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia, Your Excellency Dr. Abdusalam Hadliye Omer, Foreign Affairs Minister of Somalia,Your Excellency Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson…
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- On 29 September, Mr. Petko Draganov, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), visited Brussels, and on this…
GENEVA - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein today expressed deep concern about the human rights situation in Afghanistan's northeastern city of Kunduz following a major Taliban attack yesterday. He…
NEW YORK - The President of the General Assembly today challenged the United Nations to generate the political will to end conflict and poverty and invest the trillions of dollars that will be needed to build a sustainable…
KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns yesterday’s suicide attack in Zarghun Shahr district in the south-eastern province of Paktika. On 27 September, a suicide attacker detonated an…
HERAT - The rights of young women were the focus of a series of UNAMA-backed theatrical performances last week for hundreds of children at schools in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat. Actors from the Herat Theatre…
NEW YORK - Continued international engagement in Afghanistan is critical to avoid waves of people from leaving the country, United Nations envoy Nicholas Haysom said in a UN radio interview broadcast from New York this week…
NEW YORK - Warning that the world faces a host of mainly human-made threats, Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah today called for United Nations reforms to deal speedily and effectively with the challenges ahead. “Never…
NEW YORK - The Secretary-General condemns the attack, claimed by the Taliban, on the city of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan today. Such attacks on civilians and civilian facilities are a clear violation of international human…
Today, the Secretary-General met with H.E. Mr. Joseph Butore, Second Vice President of the Republic of Burundi. They discussed potential United Nations assistance to ongoing regional efforts to address the situation in the…