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SRSG’s visit to Sierra Leone
Dakar, 26 February 2014 - As part of his mandate as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and Chairman of the West Africa Coast Initiative High-level Policy Committee (WACI POLCOM), Mr. Said Djinnit ended yesterday a two day visit to Sierra Leone.
Special Coordinator Plumbly and ISG Ambassadors Meet Prime Minister Salam
Ambassadors of the International Support Group (ISG) for Lebanon and I just had a very good meeting with Prime Minister Tamam Salam. We had earlier this morning met with President Michel Sleiman to prepare for the ISG meeting that is scheduled to take place in Paris on 5 March. We briefed the Prime…
SRSG’s visit to Sierra Leone
Dakar, 26 February 2014 - As part of his mandate as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and Chairman of the West Africa Coast Initiative High-level Policy Committee (WACI POLCOM), Mr. Said Djinnit ended yesterday a two day visit to Sierra Leone.
UN Special Coordinator Plumbly Condemns Bombing at Army Checkpoint in the Hermel
The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Derek Plumbly, strongly condemned today's suicide car bombing at an army checkpoint at the entrance of Hermel in north-eastern Lebanon that led to the death of two members of the Lebanese Armed Forces and reportedly other casualties too. He…
UNMISS Presents Interim Report on South Sudan crisis to UN Security Council
Juba, 21 February 2014 - The United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) presented its interim report on human rights abuses committed during the first six weeks of the crisis in South Sudan to the UN Security Council today.
Statement Of UN Special Coordination Derek Plumbly After Meeting Prime Minister Tamam Salam
We have just had an excellent meeting with Prime Minister Tamam Salam. I have been away but I rang Mr. Salam on Saturday to congratulate him very warmly on the formation of his new government, as of course did the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. This morning, UNIFIL Force Commander Gen. Paolo…
Statement by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya, Mr. Tarek Mitri:
Tripoli, February 19, 2014 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) reaffirms its clear stand of rejecting the threat to use force in the political process, which is contrary to the basic democratic principles. UNSMIL also reiterates its firm stand of supporting the legitimacy of…
UN Special Coordinator Derek Plumbly Condemns Double Bombing in Bir Hassan
The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Derek Plumbly, condemned today’s double bombing in the area of Bir Hassan in the southern Beirut suburbs that killed and wounded a number of people. He extended his condolences to the families of the victims of this bombing. The Special Coordinator…
United Nations Calls on Libyans to Refrain from Use of Force, Return to Dialogue
Tripoli, 18 February 2014 - The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) calls upon political parties, the revolutionaries, the activists and personalities to uphold the high national interest and refrain from resorting to force to resolve political disputes and avert the risks which could lead the…
Fighting in Malakal affects UNMISS compound
Juba, 18 February 2014 - From this morning, there has been heavy fighting in and around Malakal between the SPLA in Opposition and the Government forces. Simultaneously, inter-communal clashes flared up within the Protection of Civilians site within the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) compound…