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The Secretary-General is outraged by the attack on 18 September in the vicinity of Aguelhok, Kidal Region, in Northern Mali which killed five Chadian peacekeepers serving in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated…

KABUL - With the results of its presidential election due to be announced within days but with no political agreement on a government of political unity in place, the top United Nations official in Afghanistan today briefed…

Kismayo – The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (DSRSG) for Somalia, Fatiha Serour, welcomed the start of a reconciliation conference in Kismayo as a positive step towards consolidating peace in the…

16 September 2014 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, Miguel Trovoada, today met Bissau-Guinean President, José Mario Vaz, who dismissed on Monday the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces…

KABUL - Given the major role played by mediation in cases of violence against women in Afghanistan, a range of experts gathered at a United Nations-backed conference in the Afghan capital of Kabul today, to develop…

NEW YORK - “I salute the courage and determination of the millions of Afghan women and men who participated in the two rounds of polling as voters, candidates, campaign and electoral workers, and observers. Their wish to…

The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the death of one Chadian peacekeeper following an attack on a military vehicle of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), which took…

11 September 2014 – The United Nations will continue to stand by Liberia and its neighbours currently battling an “unprecedented” Ebola outbreak, the Organization’s peacekeeping chief pledged today in Monrovia, spotlighting…

Kismayo - The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (DSRSG) for Somalia, Fatiha Serour, today visited Kismayo, where she met with the leadership of the Interim Jubba Administration, led by the Deputy IJA…

NEW YORK - In separate telephone calls with Afghanistan’s two presidential candidates, Dr. Ashraf Ghani and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, made on Wednesday, United Nations Secretary-General ban Ki-moon stressed the need for both of…