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2015-12-20 EBE Joint Statement

14 January 2016 – The Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) and head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Martin Kobler, welcomes the Presidency Council’s decision (1/2016) to establish a…

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, asked for the opportunity of a meeting with senior officials of the five Permanent Members of the Security Council (the P5) in order to update them on his…

Beirut, Lebanon Thursday, 07 January 2016 United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Ms. Sigrid Kaag met with Prime Minister Tammam Salam today on her return from an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Ms. Kaag…

Beirut, Lebanon Tuesday, 05 January 2016 The Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Ms. Sigrid Kaag, arrived in Riyadh yesterday evening as part of her ongoing consultations with regional stakeholders to discuss Lebanon’s stability…

The Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Ms. Sigrid Kaag, expressed concern over the attack on an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) convoy in the Shebaa Farms area, and subsequent IDF shelling across the Blue Line into Lebanon. In…

UNMISS Update No. 108

Special Envoy de Mistura concluded today his present round of regional consultations with meetings in Tehran. He had useful exchanges with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein Amir…

08 January 2015 - The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a security training centre in Zliten, Libya on 7 January 2016, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries. The members of the…

PRISTINA, 9 January 2016 - UNMIK is concerned about the violence observed at the protests in Pristina city centre today, during which Molotov cocktails, stones and other objects were thrown at the government building and…