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Five years have passed since the explosion at the Beirut Port shattered lives and neighbourhoods and shocked the world. The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, today expressed…

Five years have passed since the explosion at the Beirut Port shattered lives and neighbourhoods and shocked the world. The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, today expressed…

Port-au-Prince, August 1, 2025 During the second quarter of 2025, the human rights situation in Haiti remained extremely worrying. Criminal groups expanded and intensified their attacks outside of Port-au-Prince, particularly…

Tripoli – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) followed the live broadcast of the High Council of State (HCS) session on Sunday, 27 July, during which 95 members elected a new Presidency. The Mission noted…

Special Coordinator of the Secretary-General for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert met this week with the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Lebanese Parliament for an exchange on the country’s stability and prosperity amid…

KABUL/GENEVA - A UN report published today documents the cases of individuals involuntarily returned to Afghanistan who have experienced serious human rights violations on the basis of their specific profiles. These…

The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, begins today a visit to Israel for meetings with senior Israeli officials. The visit is part of the Special Coordinator’s regular consultations…

Abyei, 23 July 2025 – Joint efforts between the United Nations Interim Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and local leaders have helped to de-escalate tensions between Ngok Dinka and Misseriya communities of Abyei. On 21 and 22 July…

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of an excerpt of the daily press briefing delivered on Monday, 21 July 2025, by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General. ** Yemen Turning to Yemen, we have seen the…