Press Releases

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…

AUC Peace and Security Council Decision on UN-AU Partnership in Peace and Security in Africa

25 September 2015 - On the occasion of the blessed Eid al-Adha, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Bernardino Leon appeals to all parties in Libya to release those who are still detained outside the…

ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- On 23-25 September, Deputy Head of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Fedor Klimchuk, participated in the workshop “The management of trans-boundary…

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — The United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), in collaboration with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), and with the financial support…

This year’s International Day of Peace comes at a time of deadly violence and destabilizing conflicts around the world. Rather than succumbing to despair, we have a collective responsibility to demand an end to the brutality…

UNOAU Statement at a meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council on the report of the AU Chairperson on Madagascar and Comoros

Skhirat, Morocco, 20 September 2015 – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) strongly condemns the military escalation in Benghazi on Saturday 19 September 2015. The timing of airstrikes clearly aims at…

Skhirat, Morocco – 18 September 2015 - SRSG Bernardino Leon’s remarks at press conference announcing agreement between House of Representatives delegation and House of Representatives Boycotters on addressing Libya’s new…