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UNSMIL Welcomes Support for Dialogue; Shows Libyans Ready for Peace
18 January 2015 – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomes the decision announced today in Tripoli by Spokesman Omar Humeidan to join the new round of talks to reach a political solution to end the fighting. This step broadens the base of support for the process aimed at…
UNSMIL Welcomes Libya Ceasefire Declarations to Allow Chance for Dialogue
18 January 2015 – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomes the unilateral announcements by the parties in Libya for a ceasefire to resolve the conflict peacefully through dialogue. The Mission calls on the parties to work with UNSMIL on the specific elements of the ceasefire…
UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes and South African Ministers review the situation in the region
Pretoria, 16 January 2015 – UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region Saïd Djinnit concludes a visit in Pretoria today. He held extensive consultations with South African Ministers of International Relations and Cooperation, Ms. Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Defence, Ms. Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula, and…
Photos: Sessions of the Libyan Political Dialogue meeting hosted at the Palais des Nations in Geneva
Geneva, 15 January 2015 - Libyan participants and UNSMIL officials at the political dialogue meeting that the United Nations hosted at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The discussions, which began Wednesday 14 January 2015, were described as constructive and conducted in a positive atmosphere.
UNMISS Chinese infantry peacekeepers to be based in Juba
Juba, 15 January, 2015 - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is pleased to welcome the pending deployment of a Chinese infantry battalion which will be based and operating out of UNMISS Headquarters in Juba.
Transcript of SRSG Leon Press Conference before the opening of the Libyan Dialogue Session in Geneva
Geneva, 14 January 2015 SRSG: Thank you very much. Good morning or good afternoon, really. It’s a pleasure to be back to Geneva again. We are starting a process, it’s going to be a long process, it’s going to be difficult, but I hope we will have many opportunities to meet and that this relation…
UNSMIL: New Round of Libyan Political Dialogue at UN Office in Geneva to Commence Wednesday
13 January 2015 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is hosting a new round of political dialogue that seeks to end Libya’s deepening political and security crisis, and reach agreement on managing the remainder of the transitional period. The decision to convene these talks follows…
SRSG discusses political and security prospects of Central Asia at Atlantic Council
WASHINGTON DC, USA -- On Tuesday, January 13th, the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center hosted an off-the-record, small breakfast discussion on Central Asia with Ambassador Miroslav Jenča, Special Representative of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General and Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive…
FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF JOINT HIGH LEVEL VISIT TO THE SAHEL AND THE LAUNCH OF THE MINISTERIAL PLATFORM
Bamako , 17 November 2014- At the initiative of the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General of the United Nations for the Sahel, Mrs. Hiroute Guebre Sellassie, the Special Envoys and Representatives for the Sahel of the United Nations (UN ), the African Union (AU) , European Union ( EU), the…
UNMISS documents killings of civilians in Bentiu and Bor in April 2014
Juba, 9 January 2015 - The UNMISS Human Rights Division today issued a 33-page report concerning allegations that armed opposition forces killed hundreds of civilians on 15 April 2014 after they retook control of the Unity State capital of Bentiu from government troops. The report also documents the…