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U N I T E D N A T I O N S N A T I O N S U N I E S THE SECRETARY-GENERAL WRITTEN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY 12 August 2018 The hopes of the world rest on young people. Peace, economic dynamism, social justice, tolerance – all this and more, today and tomorrow, depends on tapping into the…

Tripoli, 6 August 2018 – As part of its efforts to strengthen the participation of all Libyans in the process of reconciliation, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) today launched the “Al-Solh Khair” (“Reconciliation is Good”) media…

UNMISS PoC sites Update No.205

NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly terrorist attacks that took place in Afghanistan over the past week, targeting a medical center for midwives and a government building in Jalalabad as well as the Khawaja Hassan mosque in Gardez…

KABUL - It is with profound sadness that the United Nations family in Afghanistan confirms that an employee of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) was killed in yesterday’s attack on the Department of Refugees and Returnees in Jalalabad. Our immediate thoughts are with her family and…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) condemns the recent attacks on civilians and peacekeepers in Pombolo, Mbomou Prefecture in which two civilians were killed and 27 injured on 17 July 2018 . Three peacekeepers were also…

The Secretary-General is closely following developments in Mali ahead of the presidential election scheduled to take place on 29 July 2018. On the eve of these polls, which are important for peace and reconciliation in Mali, the Secretary-General is encouraged by the overall peaceful climate that…

A thematic meeting on real estate, land and property rights in Libya was organized in Tunis by UNSMIL and UNDP on 9-10 July as part of the project “Towards National Reconciliation in Libya”. The meeting brought together members of the Government of National Accord (GNA), the House of Representatives…

UNMISS PoC sites Update No.204

Bogotá, 25 July 2018. In his third report to the United Nations Security Council on the Verification Mission in Colombia, the UN Secretary-General provides an assessment of progress in the implementation of points 3.2 and 3.4 of the Peace Agreement, as well as lessons learned and recommendations on…