7 September 2014 - The two-day sub-regional training on awareness, prevention and management of Ebola ended today in Bissau with participants fully equipped to care for potential patients.The Chief of Staff of the UN mission…
6 September 2014 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuiding Office in the country (UNIOGBIS) opened today in Bissau, a sub-regional…
4 September 2014 – The Special Coordinator for the Joint Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations (OPCW-UN) told the Security Council today that 96 percent of Syria's declared…
KABUL - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today announced the launch of the bidding process for the design of Bamyan Museum and Cultural Centre, which will be used as a space for…
GENEVA / TRIPOLI (4 September 2014) – Serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law are taking place in the Libyan cities of Tripoli and Benghazi with dire consequences for civilians and civilian…
I just had a good meeting with Prime Minister Tamam Salam. We discussed the security situation in the country, international efforts to support Lebanon and the latest political developments. I expressed the solidary of the…
Beirut, Lebanon 29 August 2014 A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed today, between the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the World Food Programme (WFP)…
KABUL - A senior official from the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Nicholas Haysom, met today with an Afghan parliamentarian, Baktash Siawash, to receive a petition protesting the firing of rockets…
Delivered by Ms. Sahle-Work Zewde, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi Nairobi - I would like to express my appreciation to His Excellency Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno, the Chairperson of the Peace…
Nairobi – Delivered by Ms. Sahle-Work Zewde, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi I would like to express my appreciation to His Excellency Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno, the Chairperson of the Peace…
Dakar, 2 September 2014 - Said Djinnit, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary- General for West Africa (SRSG) convened yesterday a meeting of the regional UN team based in Dakar to review developments in…
Dakar, 2 September 2014 - Said Djinnit, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary- General for West Africa (SRSG) convened yesterday a meeting of the regional UN team based in Dakar to review developments in…