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Mr. President of the Security Council, Distinguished Members of the Council, Madame Minister of Foreign Affairs, Francophonie and Central Africans Abroad of the Central African Republic, Mr. President, I would like to…

New York – James Swan, head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) briefed ambassadors noting that the Somali government is prioritising security and combating Al-Shabaab fighters on many fronts. “For its part, Al…

NEW YORK - The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, today briefed the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan. Read the full text of the Security Council briefing by SRSG…

NEW YORK - The latest quarterly report by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the situation in Afghanistan and the activities of the United Nations in the country is now available. Read the full report by the Secretary…

KABUL - The UN Security Council is scheduled to hold a session on Afghanistan tomorrow, 21 June, at 10:00 hours New York local time (18:30 hours Kabul local) and can be followed at http://webtv.un.org The session will also be…

Mogadishu – Efforts to make the principles of human rights better known and understood among Somalia’s communities received a boost with a multilingual initiative centred on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)…

Garowe – Continuing her farewell visits with Somali leaders, the top United Nations official for Somalia today visited Puntland where she discussed the world body’s support in areas such as local development and national…

Hargeisa – Continuing her farewell meetings, United Nations Special Representative Catriona Laing today visited Hargeisa where she met Somaliland’s leadership and discussed the world body’s support for development and…

Baidoa – Continuing her farewell meetings with Somali leaders, the UN’s top official for Somalia today visited Baidoa, where she met with South West State’s President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed ‘Laftagareen’ for wide-ranging…

Garowe – As part of her regular engagement with Federal Member States (FMSs), the United Nations' top official for Somalia today visited Puntland for discussions on the state's development and humanitarian needs and political…