Press Releases

NEW YORK Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Having just observed the anniversary of 9/11, we can say one thing with certainty: the threat of terrorism has not gone away. In the past decade alone, horrific images from around…

The UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia has issued a new publication on “Early Warning on Potential Trans-boundary Water Problem Situations in Central Asia”. Central Asian states are actively…

The Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas, today chaired a tripartite meeting with senior officials from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel…

New York, 14 September 2011 – SRSG Mahiga thanked the President of the Security Council for giving him the opportunity to present the Report of the Secretary-General to the Council on the latest developments in the Somalia…

NEW YORK - On the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, the members of the Security Council recalled the heinous attacks which took place that day in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania…

NEW YORK – Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is calling on the world community to reinforce preventive diplomacy which, through a system of early warnings and skilled interventions, can pre-empt conflicts before they erupt…

NEW-YORK In the first-ever UN report on the use of preventive diplomacy to resolve tensions and crises before they escalate, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon describes the growing importance of this practice by the United…

In the first-ever UN report on the use of preventive diplomacy to resolve tensions and crises before they escalate, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon describes the growing importance of this practice by the United Nations and its…

Mogadishu, 06 September 2011 – Somalia End of Transition Roadmap Somalia Peace Conference Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch Mogadishu, 06 September 2011 – Statement of Adoption of the Roadmap

New York, 06 September 2011 – The Secretary-General strongly welcomes the outcome of the consultative meeting held in Mogadishu from 4 to 6 September, at which key Somali leaders agreed on a detailed Roadmap for completing…