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Statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK to the Security Council
Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council, As reflected in the details of the report before you, the situation in Kosovo, and between Belgrade and Pristina, is again at a fragile moment. Today’s meeting coincides with a significant anniversary: twenty years since this Council last agreed a…
- Yemen
Note to Correspondents: Meeting of the Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary A. DiCarlo, with H.E. Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi, President of the Republic of Yemen
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, met today with H.E. Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi, President of the Republic of Yemen, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. During the meeting, President Hadi and Ms. DiCarlo discussed the work of the Special Envoy for…
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 237
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 237
UNMISS welcomes ratification of international human rights covenants in South Sudan
The ratification by South Sudan’s legislative assembly of two international covenants requiring states to protect and respect the human rights of their people has been welcomed by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. This week, 165 members of the South Sudan Transitional National Legislative…
Statement Attributable to the Senior Humanitarian Adviser to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria on the Situations in Idlib, Al Hol and Rukban
During Thursday’s Humanitarian Task Force meeting, we heard firsthand reporting from our UN colleagues based in the region about the increasingly horrific brutality in recent weeks by all parties involved in the de-escalation area in northwestern Syria, which has caused significant civilian…
- Secretary-General
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
New York, 5 June 2019 The theme for this year’s World Environment Day is air pollution. All around the world -- from megacities to small villages – people are breathing dirty air. An estimated nine out of ten people worldwide are exposed to air pollutants that exceed World Health Organization air…
Statement by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr
KABUL- As we celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr around the world after a month of fasting and worship, I wish all Afghans Eid Mubarak on behalf of the United Nations in Afghanistan. To allow all Afghans to commemorate this auspicious and important celebration, I strongly urge all parties to the conflict to stop…
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 236
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 236
- Press Releases
UNMHA HOM Lollesgaard's Eid-ul-Fitr Greetings to Yemenis: Yemen Deserves Peace
The Head of the United Nations Mission to Support Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) and Chairman of the Redeployment Coordination Committee (RCC) Lt. Gen. Michael Lollesgaard extends his warmest greetings and wishes for peace and prosperity to the Yemeni people on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. “On the…