Press Releases

UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka visited today the Palestine refugee camp of Burj Barajneh, accompanied by Claudio Cordone, Director of UNRWA Affairs, Lebanon. She met with representatives of Palestinian factions in the camp and with refugee families. She also visited the UNRWA…

Juba, 24 March 2022: Nicholas Haysom, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for South Sudan, and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has urged all signatories to the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) to respect this vital…

NEW YORK - I deeply regret today’s announcement by Taliban authorities in Afghanistan that girls’ education from the sixth grade has been suspended until further notice.   The start of the new school year has been anticipated by all students, girls and boys, and parents and families. The de facto…