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- Press Releases
Statement on International Human Rights Day by the Co-Chairs (Netherlands, Switzerland and UNSMIL) of the International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Working Group of the International Follow-up Committee on Libya
‘Human Rights Must be at the Centre of the Political Process’ 10 DECEMBER 2022 On International Human Rights Day, marked annually on 10 December, the co-chairs of the Working Group on International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights under the Berlin process – the Netherlands, Switzerland and the…
- Secretary-General
Secretary-General’s message on Human Rights Day
New York, 10 December 2022 The world is facing unprecedented and interlocking challenges to human rights. Hunger and poverty are increasing – an affront to the economic and social rights of hundreds of millions of people. Civic space is shrinking. Media freedom and the safety of journalists are in…
- Service and Sacrifice
United Nations thanks South Africa for its contribution to peacekeeping
New York, 7 December 2022 - Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, thanked South Africa for its strong support to United Nations Peacekeeping and for the service and sacrifice of its military and police personnel deployed under the UN flag. South Africa first provided…
- Press Releases
Statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya; Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily
TRIPOLI, 3 December 2022 - Since my arrival in Libya, I have called on political actors to accelerate discussions on the way forward in the political process, and to create the conditions for the holding of free and fair elections, on the basis of a sound constitutional basis. I have strongly…
Joint Statement by UNMISS and the international community on violence in Upper Nile and surrounding areas
Juba, 2 December 2022: UNMISS, AUMISS, IGAD, R-JMEC, some members of the African Diplomatic Corps and some members of the international community (TROIKA, EU, Switzerland, India) in South Sudan convened a meeting to discuss the deteriorating security situation in Upper Nile State and the northern…
DEEPLY SADDENED BY THE MURDER OF A PREGNANT WOMAN ALLEGEDLY BY HER PARTNER, THE SECURITY AND GENDER GROUP CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE AND CONCRETE PROTECTION OF WOMEN
The second femicide in Kosovo in less than a week has stained the annual global campaign to bring an end to violence against women and girls, this time with a nine-month pregnant woman shot dead allegedly by her partner. The devastating death of the pregnant woman on Wednesday, 30 November in…
- Secretary-General
Secretary-General’s video message on World Aids Day
New York, 1 December 2022 The World AIDS Day report will be released on the 29 th morning and through the noon briefing (NY Time) so the video will be shared after that time. The world has promised to end AIDS by 2030. We are off track. To end AIDS, we must end the inequalities that are blocking…
Sixth Governor’s Forum – Closing Session Statement by Mr. Nicholas Haysom Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMISS 30 November 2022
President Salva Kiir Mayardit, First Vice President of the Republic and all the Vice-Presidents Rt. Honorable Speaker and Deputy Speakers, State Governors and Administrators of Administrative Areas Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Members of Parliament and the Council of States, Excellencies and…
- Service and Sacrifice
United Nations thanks Liberia for its contribution to peacekeeping
New York, 30 November 2022- Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix thanked Liberia for its strong support to United Nations Peacekeeping and for the service and sacrifice of its military and police personnel deployed under the UN flag. Liberia first provided peacekeepers to…
- Joint Communiqués
Joint Communiqué: 6th AU-UN Annual Conference
1. On 1 December 2022, the African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, and the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, António Guterres, held the 6th African Union-United Nations Annual Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2. The Chairperson and the Secretary-General welcomed the…