Press Releases

The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Acting Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Ms. Giovanie BIHA, today concluded a three-day working visit to the Islamic…

The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), in partnership with the Joint DPPA-UNDP-DCO Programme and the Working Group on Women, Youth, Peace and Security in West Africa and the Sahel organized a three…

Abyei, 23 March 2023 – UNISFA, IOM, FAO and Concordis International brokered a peace agreement between the Ngok Dinkas and Misseriyas of the disputed Abyei Box that lies between the borders of Sudan and South Sudan in a 4-day…

Marking the 45 th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Aroldo Lázaro reflected on the mission’s origins and his hope, one day, for…

Kinshasa , 2 0 March 2023: The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) is in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for a Field Mission from Monday, 20 March to Thursday, 23 March 2023, under the auspices…

TUNIS - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya and the United Kingdom, the lead co-chair of the Security Working Group of the Berlin Process International Follow-up Committee this month hosted a meeting on Thursday, 16…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan On 13-17 March, Ashgabat, UNRCCA, in partnership with the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), organized a national training course for Turkmen officials…

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has released the human rights Annual Brief on Violence Affecting Civilians that shows a two percent increase in the number of civilians harmed across South Sudan in 2022…