Press Releases

The Secretary-General takes note of the closure of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (Special Tribunal) on 31 December 2023. The Special Tribunal was established following the adoption of Security Council resolution 1757 (2007…

Last night, a peacekeeper was hurt after a patrol was attacked by a group of young men in Taybeh, south Lebanon. A vehicle was also damaged. Attacks on men and women serving the cause of peace are not only condemnable, but…

TRIPOLI, 24 December 2023 – Today is the 72nd anniversary of Libya’s independence, on which the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) extends its heartfelt congratulations to the Libyan people. It also marks two…

Dakar, 23 December 2023 - The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) hosted yesterday a conference on the role of women in electoral processes. The objective of the conference was to assess the current…

Dakar, December 22, 2023 - The Regional Open Day on United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1325 (2000) et seq. on Gender, Women, Youth, Peace and Security was held on December 20, 2023, in Nouakchott, Islamic Republic of…

ALMATY, Kazakhstan On 19 December, Kaha Imnadze, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Central Asia, Head of UNRCCA, visited Kazakhstan Peace Operations Centre (KAZCENT) and had a meeting with the Head of the…

The United Nations Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) Preventive Diplomacy Academy (PDA) continues training youth aged 18 to 29 in the Preventive Diplomacy program in Central Asia and…

ALMATY, Kazakhstan On 13-15 December 2023, UNRCCA in partnership with the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (RATS SCO) organized a…

[AS DELIVERED] Mr. President, Thank you for the opportunity to brief this Council on the situation in South Sudan. As we conclude the year, it is appropriate to take stock of the implementation of the Revitalized Peace…