President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, received, today at Baabda Palace, the credentials of eight Ambassadors who constitute a new batch of heads of diplomatic missions to Lebanon.Ambassadors are: Italian Ambassador, Nicoletta Bombardier, US A…
Nigeria Cites Weak Criminal Justice Responses, Law Enforcement Woes, with States ‘Hard Pressed’ to Handle Disengaging FightersTerrorism and violent extremism pose a significant and growing threat to peace and security in Africa and the international co…
Prosecutors have been given the green light to investigate alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan – and beyond its borders � linked to Afghan, Taliban and US troops, the International Criminal Court said on Thursday. The decision…
A week after communal riots ravaged a district in the Indian capital, men sift through torched motorcycles to see if they can salvage anything to sell, and a group of Muslims sit despondently outside a charred showroom for auto rickshaws, while dozens …
A week after communal riots ravaged a district in the Indian capital, men sift through torched motorcycles to see if they can salvage anything to sell, and a group of Muslims sit despondently outside a charred showroom for auto rickshaws, while dozens …
A week after communal riots ravaged a district in the Indian capital, men sift through torched motorcycles to see if they can salvage anything to sell, and a group of Muslims sit despondently outside a charred showroom for auto rickshaws, while dozens …
Following are UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ remarks on women and power at The New School in New York today:It is a great pleasure to be here today. Thank you for honouring me with this degree, and, through me, the United Nations and our staff…
Following are UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ remarks on women and power at The New School in New York today:It is a great pleasure to be here today. Thank you for honouring me with this degree, and, through me, the United Nations and our staff…
Following are UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ remarks on women and power at The New School in New York today:It is a great pleasure to be here today. Thank you for honouring me with this degree, and, through me, the United Nations and our staff…
Following are UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ remarks on women and power to the New School, in New York today:It is a great pleasure to be here today. Thank you for honouring me with this degree, and, through me, the United Nations and our staf…
MODERATOR: Thanks for being here. Today we have [Senior State Department Official] whos going to talk to us about developments in South Sudan. The attribution for this talk will be background senior State Department official. Sir go ahead.SENIOR STATE …
Ethiopia will skip the latest round of U.S.-brokered talks this week on a disputed Nile dam project with Egypt and Sudan the countrys water ministry announced Wednesday.A final deal on the massive Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam had been expected this …
Along with climate shocks, conflict and acute food insecurity, the East Africa region now faces a hunger threat from desert locusts, top UN relief officials warned on Tuesday, saying action now, will avert a major food crisis later. The locust upsurge…
South Sudan opened a new chapter in its fragile emergence from civil war Saturday as rival leaders formed a coalition government that many observers prayed would last this time around. A day after President Salva Kiir dissolved the previous government,…
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar appeared together in Juba on Thursday to say that after several previous failed attempts and missed deadlines to form a unity government, they have agreed to create a new, transitiona…
United Nations investigators are accusing South Sudan’s government and opposition forces of deliberately starving and preventing millions of citizens from receiving access to basic life-saving services.The human rights commissioners say corruption and …
Johannesburg/Geneva (20 February 2020) – Millions of South Sudanese civilians have been deliberately deprived of access to basic services and many deliberately starved, while national revenues have been diverted by the country’s politicians, says the U…
Massive swarms of desert locusts are devouring their way through East Africa and have just made landfall in South Sudan, the country’s agriculture minister announced on Tuesday, sparking fears of a severe food crisis in a country where nearly 60 percen…
UNMISS Protection of Civilians (PoC) Sites Population UpdateAs of 13 February 2020, the total number of civilians seeking safety in six Protection of Civilians (PoC) sites located on UNMISS bases is 188,528. This includes 115,479 in Bentiu, 27,924 in M…
Introduction1. The present note is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 2497 (2019), by which the Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) until 15 May 2020 and requested me to inform it …
From Africa to the Americas to Asia and Europe, transitional justice mechanisms that are locally owned and focused on the needs of victims have repeatedly helped to address grievances and pave the way for more peaceful societies to take root, delegates…
From Africa to the Americas to Asia and Europe, transitional justice mechanisms that are locally owned and focused on the needs of victims have repeatedly helped to address grievances and pave the way for more peaceful societies to take root, delegates…
In an era of rapid media evolution, radio still has the power to bring people together and provide communities with vital news and information, the UN Secretary-General has said. In a message for World Radio Day 2020, celebrated on Thursday, Antonio Gu…
Sudan’s justice ministry said early Thursday it had signed a deal with the families of the American servicemen killed in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen.The deal was signed on February 7 in Washington to fulfil a key condition for removing th…
A three-day hearing on Gambia’s case against Myanmar for allegedly committing genocide against Rohingya Muslims during a military-led crackdown that began in August 2017 wrapped up on Thursday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. L…
Sudan’s ruling council has agreed to hand over former president Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court. The government says it’s part of efforts to achieve justice and sustain peace in the Darfur region. Khartoum Sudan’s ruling Sovereign…
Thousands of Kenyans, along with a number of African leaders, streamed into Nyayo National Stadium Tuesday to attend the funeral of Daniel arap Moi, Kenya’s second president, who died last Tuesday while undergoing treatment at a Nairobi Hospital. Keny…
Between June and December 2019, heavy rainfall across several countries in East and Central Africa led to severe flooding and landslides, leaving more than 2.1 million people in urgent need of assistance in Djibouti, Kenya, Republic of Congo, Somalia, …
As prepared for delivery.OpeningYour Excellencies,Distinguished Guests,Ladies and Gentlemen,A very important anniversary is celebrated this year.The United Nations (UN) is 75 years old.Over that time, the UN has been instrumental in achievements that …
With the rainy season fast approaching, countries in the Horn of Africa are in a race against time to tackle a Desert Locust invasion amidst ongoing humanitarian challenges, the United Nations warned on Monday. The infestation in Kenya is the worst in …
