15 Jan 2017 -
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan’s attention has been drawn to recent statements reported in the media concerning the deployment of the Regional Protection Force. It may be recalled that the United Nations Security Council in its Resolution 2304 decided that UNMISS...
03 Jan 2017 - 1 January 2017
New York
On my first day as Secretary-General of the United Nations, one question weighs heavily on my heart.
How can we help the millions of people caught up in conflict, suffering massively in wars with no end in sight?
Civilians are pounded with deadly force...
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- REMARKS AT PRESS CONFERENCE (including excerpt of Q&A) New York, 16 December 2016
17 Dec 2016 - It is a great pleasure to see you this morning. Usually we gather at this time around this year but now we meet at the end of my term.
Believe it or not, I will miss these exchanges. We have spent much time together in this room, in the halls of this building and...
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY 5 December 2016
05 Dec 2016 - Volunteers work tirelessly to create a better future for all. They contribute to national well-being and show global solidarity at times of crisis. We see this in action all over the world, most notably over the past year as volunteers have provided shelter and wide-ranging...
03 Dec 2016 - NAIROBI/GENEVA (2 December 2016) – Sexual violence has reached epic proportions in the conflict in South Sudan and requires the urgent attention of the world, said the UN independent Commission* on Human Rights in South Sudan after a ten-day visit during which they met women...
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- MESSAGE ON WORLD AIDS DAY
01 Dec 2016 - Thirty-five years since the emergence of AIDS, the international community can look back with some pride but we must also look ahead with resolve and commitment to reach our goal of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
There has been real progress in tackling the disease. More...
Press Conference of The Commission on Human Rights at the conclusion of its second visit to South Sudan
30 Nov 2016 - Shantal Persaud Acting Spokesperson: Good morning ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this press briefing that is also being broadcast live on UN Radio Miraya.
Joining us today, are members of the UN Human Rights Commission who are visiting South Sudan for the second time, and...
From Love to Death; by Yury Fedotov, Executive Director, UN Office on Drugs and Crime
29 Nov 2016 - Across the world tens of thousands of women and girls are being loved to death.
Take a wide angle snapshot of these deaths and violent assaults and they become a recitation of women attacked in desperate circumstances.
Strangulations, often with everyday implements such as...
Final Media Briefing by SRSG Ellen Margrethe Loej: 28 November 2016
28 Nov 2016 - Shantal Persaud Acting Spokesperson: Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen and welcome to the United Nations Press briefing, which today will be given by SRSG Ellen Margrethe Loej.
This may possibly be the final press briefing for Madam Loej in her capacity as a United Nations...
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