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JUBA/GENEVA/NEW YORK (17 February 2017) At the end of a four-day visit to South Sudan, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for human rights, Andrew Gilmour, called for the rapid establishment of a hybrid court to prosecute atrocity crimes committed in the country. “This is a war that has been waged…

Malakal, 16 February, 2017 Statement Attributable to the Office of the Spokesperson United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) (Scroll down for audio version) The head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), David Shearer, has described the lack of information about the situation of some 20…

The Special Representative of the Secretary General for Libya and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Martin Kobler, reiterates his full support to the Libyan Political Agreement and its institutions and warns Libyan actors against seeking to achieve political gains by force. UNSMIL is…

UNHQ, 14 February 2017 -- We’ve been asked about recent remarks attributed to President Michel Aoun of Lebanon concerning Hizbullah’s weapons. I’d like to recall that Security Council resolutions 1559, 1680 and 1701 clearly call for the disbanding and disarmament of all Lebanese and non-Lebanese…

UNMISS PoC sites Update No. 152

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, is actively engaged in diplomatic efforts to ensure a successful confirmation of arrangements for the convening of intra-Syrian negotiations in Geneva. We can confirm that letters have been sent today, and also that consultations are…

Nicosia, 11 february 2017 - The CMP has recently finalized the analysis of a set of remains that had been exhumed in 2015. DNA analysis of these remains, conducted by Bode Cellmark Forensics in Maryland, USA, indicated that they belonged to a person who had already been identified and returned to…

NEW YORK For too long, discriminatory stereotypes have prevented women and girls from having equal access to education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). As a trained engineer and former teacher, I know that these stereotypes are flat wrong. They deny women and girls the chance to…

Statement Attributable to the Office of the Spokesperson United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Juba, 9 February, 2017 The head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), David Shearer, returned to Juba on Thursday from a two-day field visit to Bentiu and Leer, two towns which have been…

Fighting in the west bank of the River Nile in the north of South Sudan has reached what the head of the UN mission in the country (UNMISS), David Shearer has described as “worrying proportions.” What began with an exchange of fire between SPLA and Aguelek opposition forces, has expanded…