Press Releases

Monday, 23 March 2015 - Leon: For these mayors, it is very difficult to be here today, many of them live in areas that have been bombed … many of people say you cannot go there, you cannot talk to these people, they are our…

It’s not a secret that we need to expedite these talks. You can imagine that the international community and the United Nations are really very concerned about these attacks and this military escalation. The United Nations is…

Dakar, 22 March 2015- On 21 March SRSG Mohamed Ibn Chambas undertook a visit to Freetown. The visit took place against a backdrop of the decision by Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma to discharge Vice President Alhadji…

The annual observance of Nowruz is a wonderful opportunity for people to join together to celebrate cultural diversity, dialogue and mutual respect. It is a moment of unity and solidarity, within and among societies, that is…

The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag joined today a celebration for Mother’s Day at the Saint Elias High School in Darb Es Sim near Saida. In her statement, she stressed the universal values of the…

20 March 2015 - All delegations are here. All delegations were given as you remember a few days to prepare this round, which we have told them we expect it be the decisive round. In the last days we have seen more fighting…

UNHQ Thursday, 19 March 2015 Presidential Statement The full text of presidential statement S/PRST/2015/7 reads as follows: “The Security Council has been briefed by the Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag and the…

19 March 2015 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemns the military attack the morning of Thursday 19 March 2015 on Mitiga Airport in Tripoli. This latest attack is risking sparking an escalation that…