Press Releases

As we commemorate International Women’s Day, we must look back on a year of shocking crimes of violence against women and girls and ask ourselves how to usher in a better future. One young woman was gang-raped to death. Another committed suicide out of a sense of shame that should have attached to…

TRIPOLI, 28 February 2013 – Some 40 percent of the schools in Libya were damaged in the 2011 revolution according to a report released by the Ministry of Education (MoE) and UNICEF today. These findings are based on a recent nationwide school assessment conducted by the MoE and UNICEF, which for the…

Juba, 22 February 2013: The Special Representative of the Secretary-General to South Sudan, Ms. Hilde F. Johnson, is deeply concerned about recent developments in Jonglei. "Unless community leaders and government authorities take decisive action to stop the violence, stability in the whole of…

As we mark World Day of Social Justice, we see far too many places where there are increasing opportunities for a few and only rising inequality for the many. Growing inequality undermines the international community’s progress in lifting millions out of poverty and building a more just world. The…

Mogadishu, 18 February 2013 - The UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) condemns the terror attacks that have occurred in Somalia during the first half of February 2013, including the killing of leading Somali Islamic scholar, Sheikh Abdiqadir "Ga'amey" Nur Farah, in Garowe. The assassination of…

Tripoli, 14 February 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Tarek Mitri, extends his warmest congratulations to the Libyan people, Government and the General National Congress on the occasion of the second anniversary of the 17 February Revolution. that brought down the…

Mogadishu, 13 August 2012 [REV.1] – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga, strongly condemns the killings of Yusuf Ali Osman, aka "Yusuf-Farey", Somali Government Official and of journalist Mohamed Ali, aka "Buniste", yesterday in Mogadishu…

Dakar, 13 February 2013 - The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Sahel, Mr. Romano Prodi, and the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit, will begin a 3-day joint visit to the sub-region on Wednesday, 13 February.

Dakar, 13 February 2013 - The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Sahel, Mr. Romano Prodi, and the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit, will begin a 3-day joint visit to the sub-region on Wednesday, 13 February.

Seoul, Republic of Korea, 13 August 2012 [Statement]