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Some media reports published following the adoption by the UN Security Council of its Presidential Statement on the situation in Libya on 16 December are inaccurate, specifically on the matter of allocating a UN Guard Unit to…
Tripoli, 22 December 2013 - The fourth consultative meeting of leaders of Libyan political parties and various groups of the General National Congress as well as some independent personalities and others with wide expertise…
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Mogadishu - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, congratulates the new Prime Minister, Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, on his appointment today following a vote in the country’s Federal…
Memorial service in Juba on 21 December for two Indian soldiers killed in an attack on the UNMISS base in Akobo, Jonglei State, on 19 December. Photo: UNMISS/Julio R. Brathwaite
21 December 2013 - Honouring two Indian peacekeepers who lost their lives protecting civilians during an attack on its base in Akobo, Jonglei State, UNMISS held a memorial ceremony today in Juba. UNMISS and government…
20 December 2013 – The crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR), where thousands of people have been killed and 750,000 others driven from their homes, risks deteriorating even further amid escalating Muslim-Christian…
20 December 2013: United Nations Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay says political leaders in the Central African Republic were manipulating religious differences in the country to incite civilians into violence. The high…
19 December 2013 – A group of independent United Nations human rights experts today urged all parties in the Central African Republic (CAR), where armed clashes have escalated in recent weeks leading to deaths and population…
19 December 2013 - There is a return to normalcy in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), but the situation remains fragile and unpredictable. That's according to Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye, UN…
17 December – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui and the Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, are travelling to the Central African…
17 December 2013 – The United Nations refugee agency said today it has deployed additional emergency teams in the Central African Republic (CAR), where some 210,000 people have been forcibly displaced by violence in the last…
16 December 2013 – The Central African Republic (CAR), wracked by conflict that has killed thousands of people and driven more than half a million from their homes over the past year, is now facing a looming food crisis, the…