Press Releases

The African Human Rights Day is an annual opportunity to celebrate and advocate the full enjoyment of all human rights by everyone across the African continent. The success of this quest is the collective responsibility of…

At the invitation of the President of the Republic, General Michel Sleiman, the International Support Group for Lebanon met today in the Presidential Palace to review developments since its inaugural meeting under the…

Beirut, Lebanon Monday, 14 October 2013 The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, utterly rejects the article citing his alleged views which appeared in Al Akhbar on 12 October 2013…

UNMIK/PR/1801 PRISTINA – UNMIK SRSG Farid Zarif strongly condemns the bombing incident that occurred this morning in northern Mitrovica, which targeted the home of a Kosovo Serb, Nebojsa Maric, and caused extensive property…

UNMIK/PR/1799 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, Farid Zarif, expressed felicitations to the people of Kosovo on the upcoming holiday of Kurban Bajram. “On behalf of all of us at UNMIK, I…

New York, 10 October 2013, The Secretary-General is relieved by the release of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan of Libya and emphasises his continued support to the Government of Libya. He reiterates his condemnation of the Prime…

UNMIK/PR/1800 PRISTINA – UNMIK SRSG Farid Zarif, during a visit to northern Kosovo where he met a wide range of political actors, stated: “Diligent efforts must be sustained to ensure conditions for a free and fair process of…

Juba, 9 October 2013 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Ms. Hilde F. Johnson, concluded yesterday a two-day visit to…

Sisters Nana and Zakia, from Abu Shouk, North Darfur, both were married underage and are currently farming with no chances to join the school. Photo by Albert González Farran. Empowering girls, ensuring their human rights and…

Dakar, 7 October 2013- The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Sahel, Mr Romano Prodi, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit, concluded a 2-day joint visit in West…