Press Releases

Juba, 22 May 2014 - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is concerned about a number of incidents that have recently occurred, disrupting the Mission’s operations and exposing its personnel to serious security risks.

Dakar, 21 May 2014 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit, expresses his profound outrage at, and condemns in the strongest terms, the double bombing attacks that occurred in a market in the city of Jos in Plateau State, Nigeria, on 20 May 2014…

Dakar, 21 May 2014 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit, expresses his profound outrage at, and condemns in the strongest terms, the double bombing attacks that occurred in a market in the city of Jos in Plateau State, Nigeria, on 20 May 2014…

[As delivered] Good morning, ni hao! Dobro utro, salam alaikum. I am honored to address this summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia. Let me begin by recognizing the leadership of President Xi Jinping of China as the chair of CICA. I appreciate the warm…

20 May 2014 - The OPCW-UN Joint Mission confirms the destruction of the entire declared Syrian stockpile of Isopropanol. [ PDF] Now 7.2 percent of Syria's chemical weapons material remains in country and awaits swift removal for onward destruction. The Joint Mission urges the Syrian authorities to…

The Secretary-General is concerned by the devastating impact of the floods in the Balkans, which are the worst for a hundred years. More than 70,000 people have been evacuated and more than fifty have lost their lives in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia. People urgently need drinking water…

Abuja, 15 May 2014 - I am concluding today a four day visit to Nigeria. My visit is as a follow up to a telephone conversation between the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday 8 May. During their conversation, President Goodluck…

Juba, 14 May 2014 - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) welcomes the signature of the agreement reached in Addis Ababa on 9 May between the Government of the Republic of South Sudan and the South Sudan Democratic Movement/Army (Cobra Faction) on the peaceful resolution of the conflict…

Wednesday, 14 May 2014 Shebaa, South Lebanon The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Derek Plumbly, today visited the area of Shebaa in south Lebanon where he toured the Blue Line and was briefed by UNIFIL. Later, in the town of Shebaa, he held discussions with the Qameqan of Hasbaya…

Final Communique - At the invitation of Mr. Said Djinnit, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA), the Heads of the United Nations Peace Missions in West Africa held their Twenty-sixth high-level consultation…