Press Releases

JUBA - Despite a modest decline in the number of documented incidents, civilian casualties remained high in the first quarter of 2026, with killings and sexual violence rising significantly amid ongoing armed conflict…

The Secretary-General commends the people of Colombia for the peaceful conduct of the presidential elections that resulted in the election o

Women and girls in Somalia continue to face widespread threats, particularly in conflict-affected areas and regions increasingly vulnerable

Kinshasa, 18 June 2026 – MONUSCO has learned with sadness of the death from Ebola of a subcontracted worker locally recruited in Bunia by a company under contract with the Mission. According to confirmed information, he had…

The Secretary-General welcomes the announcement that the United States and Iran have agreed on a peace deal that provides for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, as well as a framework…

I strongly condemn today's Israeli strikes on Beirut. The strikes took place despite the ceasefire and at a time when the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran are expected to reach an agreement that will pave the…

Goma, Friday12 June 2026 – At the conclusion of his visit to Goma, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of MONUSCO, Mr. James Swan…

The members of the Security Council condemned the killing of a Serbian peacekeeper from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on 4 June. The peacekeeper died from critical injuries sustained when mortar shells…

The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by continuing escalation in the Middle East, including the strikes by the United States on Iran and the strikes by Iran on neighbouring countries in the Gulf and beyond that are not…