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Seminar “Regional Cooperation as a Factor for Peace and Stability in Central Asia”
ALMATY, Kazakhstan – was admitted by the Head of UNRCCA, SRSG Miroslav Jenča in his opening remarks to an international seminar “Regional Cooperation as a Factor for Peace and Stability in Central Asia”, which took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 20-21 November. The seminar was focused on the…
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Darfur
The Secretary-General is deeply troubled about persistent allegations of mass rape in Thabit, North Darfur. The African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) visited Thabit on 9 November. However, the heavy presence of military and police in Thabit made a conclusive investigation…
- Security Council Resolution 1701
Press Stakeout by UN's Derek Plumbly after briefing UN Security Council on Resolution 1701
It is very encouraging to come to the Security Council and to hear the absolute unanimity and unity of Council members with regard to Lebanon and the needs of Lebanon, the importance of meeting those needs, the importance of sustaining its stability, the importance of moving forward with resolution…
UNSMIL Studying Supreme Court Ruling, Emphasises Urgent Need for Political Consensus
06 November 2014 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) takes note of the Supreme Court’s ruling, and will be studying it closely. In this regard, UNSMIL is consulting closely with Libyan stakeholders across the political spectrum, and with international partners. At this critical…
UN Envoy Djinnit lauds Great Lakes for progress on Regional Mineral Certification Mechanism
Kinshasa, 6 November 2014 - The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, Said Djinnit, attended the third meeting of the Ministers of Mines of the Members States of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), who gathered in Kinshasa, DRC, to assess the…
Statement of UN's Plumbly after meeting Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri
I had a good meeting with Speaker Berri. I briefed him on the Secretary-General’s report on resolution 1701 which issues today in New York. We welcomed the continued calm prevailing along the Blue Line and in the south. We of course discussed the situation in Lebanon and yesterday’s vote in the…
November 2014
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Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General on Cyprus
New York, 5 November 2015 - The Secretary-General welcomes the confirmation by the leader of the Turkish Cypriot community, Mustafa Akıncı, that the Committee on Missing Persons excavation teams will have access to 30 suspected burial sites in military areas in the north of Cyprus. The Secretary…
- Secretary-General
SG's Address to the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Thank you for your warm welcome. It is a pleasure to once again address the OSCE Permanent Council. I appeared before this body in April 2010. It is good to be back. This feels like a homecoming. When I served as Korean Ambassador in Vienna in the late 1990s, the Republic of Korea joined as an Asian…
Four-Day, UN-Organized Workshop “Libyan Women’s Demands for Constitution” in Cairo
Cairo, 01 November 2014 A workshop under the theme “Libyan Women’s Demands for Constitution” opened in Cairo on the weekend. Women members of the Libyan Parliament and the Constitution Drafting-Assembly, as well as other women activists from Libya took part in the four-day event, organized by the…