Press Releases

The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) calls on parties to the Derna conflict to exercise maximum restraint and ensure that they take all precautions to protect civilians. The Mission reminds all parties of their…

Depuis le 14 mai, des vagues intermittentes de troubles violents ont coûté la vie à de nombreux Centrafricains dans la ville de Bambari. Malgré les efforts déployés par la Mission multidimensionnelle intégrée des Nations…

New York, 29 May 2018 - The Secretary-General welcomes the Political Declaration on Libya adopted in Paris today by four major Libyan actors convened under the auspices of the United Nations and hosted by President Emmanuel…

30 May 2018 - UNMISS PoC sites Update No.198

The Secretary-General message on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers 29 May 2018 On May 29 th, 1948, the United Nations Security Council authorized the first United Nations peacekeeping operation – the UN…

A truck carrying communications equipment for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) was seized for a few hours earlier this week by FPRC elements in…

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemns in the strongest terms the car bomb attack that took place today in Benghazi, Libya. The attack targeted a populated residential neighbourhood and left at least…

Tripoli, 24 May 2018 - The humanitarian community in Libya is perturbed by the continued lack of humanitarian access and subsequent assistance into Derna despite repeated requests. Humanitarian actors have not been allowed to…

KABUL - The United Nations in Afghanistan welcomes the release in Kabul of a colleague and her child held hostage since January, while expressing outrage at their abduction and the earlier murder of another colleague who was…

On May 22, 2018, the African Union Peace and Security Council convened an open session on the Principles of Protection of Civilians in Conflict Areas in Africa.