Press Releases

Beirut, Lebanon Wednesday, 04 March 2015 The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Sigrid Kaag, today met with the Minister of Defense Samir Moqbel and they discussed the security situation in Lebanon, with a particular focus on Lebanon’s eastern border. The Special Coordinator praised the…

03 March 2015 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announces that a meeting of representatives of Libyan political leaders and activists will convene early next week in Algeria as part of on-going discussions taking place within the framework of the Libyan dialogue process. Later…

03 March 2015 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announces that the next round of political dialogue will take place later this week in Morocco, after all the invited parties agreed to participate. The parties have formally communicated their decision to take part in the dialogue…

02 March 2015 - This week, 13 electoral staff from the High National Elections Commission of Libya (HNEC) and experts from the UN Electoral Support Team to Libya, which includes capacities from UNSMIL and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), are coming together in Djerba, Tunisia for a…

Beirut, Lebanon 02 March 2015 The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Ms. Sigrid Kaag met with League of Arab States Secretary-General Dr. Nabil el Araby and senior Egyptian officials in Cairo yesterday. The meetings focused on the situation in Lebanon and developments in the region…

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Near Verbatim Transcript of Press Conference by Deputy SRSG (Political) Moustapha Soumare Juba, 16 July 2015

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) welcomes the commitment of Central African political actors to the Brazzaville political process, at the end of a meeting held in Rome under the auspices of Sant' Egidio. " The support to…

Bekaa, Lebanon Thursday, 26 February 2015 UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag today said the United Nations continues to support Lebanon as it faces the impact of the conflict in Syria. In the course of her visit to the Bekaa, she expressed her appreciation for Lebanon’s residents in host…

The 1st meeting of the Steering Committee for the UN Integrated Strategy for the Sahel took place in Dakar on 29 November 2013. The meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Mr. Said Djinnit, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa (UNOWA), and attended by the conveners of…