Press Releases

New York, 29 May 2018 - The Secretary-General welcomes the Political Declaration on Libya adopted in Paris today by four major Libyan actors convened under the auspices of the United Nations and hosted by President Emmanuel Macron. The Declaration is a significant and welcome step forward in Libya’s…

30 May 2018 - UNMISS PoC sites Update No.198

The Secretary-General message on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers 29 May 2018 On May 29 th, 1948, the United Nations Security Council authorized the first United Nations peacekeeping operation – the UN Truce Supervision Organization in the Middle East. On this 70 th anniversary…

A truck carrying communications equipment for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) was seized for a few hours earlier this week by FPRC elements in Ndélé, in the Bamingui-Bangoran prefecture (north of the Central African…

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemns in the strongest terms the car bomb attack that took place today in Benghazi, Libya. The attack targeted a populated residential neighbourhood and left at least seven dead, including a toddler and more than 10 injured. UNSMIL offers its…

Tripoli, 24 May 2018 - The humanitarian community in Libya is perturbed by the continued lack of humanitarian access and subsequent assistance into Derna despite repeated requests. Humanitarian actors have not been allowed to deliver life-saving assistance to Derna such as supplies to support…

KABUL - The United Nations in Afghanistan welcomes the release in Kabul of a colleague and her child held hostage since January, while expressing outrage at their abduction and the earlier murder of another colleague who was also seized during the same incident. The release of the woman and her…

On May 22, 2018, the African Union Peace and Security Council convened an open session on the Principles of Protection of Civilians in Conflict Areas in Africa.

22 May 2018 - UNMISS PoC sites Update No.197

GENEVA/TUNIS (22 May 2018) – Violence in Libya continues to have a devastating impact on health care in the country, with hospitals and other medical facilities bombed, shelled and looted; medical personnel targeted, attacked and even taken hostage or arbitrarily detained; and patients at times…