Press Releases

Beirut, Lebanon 15 December 2014 The Lebanese Prime Minister, Tamam Salam, and the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Jan Eliasson, launched today at the Grand Serail, the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan. The plan outlines the…

Beirut, Lebanon Monday, 15 December 2014 I am very glad to be back in Lebanon. I have been here several times. I consider myself a friend of Lebanon and of the Lebanese people. I know I am visiting you at a very crucial…

Abuja, 15 December, 2014 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Mohamed Ibn Chambas attended the 46th Ordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government held in Abuja, Nigeria on 15…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Mohamed Ibn Chambas attended the 46th Ordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority...

New York, 15 December 2014 - Today marks one year since conflict broke out in the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan. I am dismayed and saddened that the parties have yet to reach a comprehensive peace agreement.

Abuja, 15 December, 2014 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Mohamed Ibn Chambas attended the 46th Ordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government held in Abuja, Nigeria on 15…

KABUL, Afghanistan - Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Miroslav Jenča, visited Kabul and delivered a keynote presentation in…

Zarzis, Tunisia, 8-10 December 2014 - Following the decision taken WHO’s Sixty-first Session of the Regional Committee in the Eastern Mediterranean Region to support Member States to assess of the level of preparedness and…

Juba, 10 December, 2014 - At a ceremony held in Juba today to commemorate International Human Rights Day, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for South Sudan, Ellen Margrethe Loej, read out UN…