Press Releases

NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council welcomed the briefing by Miroslav Jenča, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy…

On 18 January, UNIFIL troops observed an unidentified object in the general area of Al Adeisse, close to the Blue Line. UNIFIL immediately informed LAF about the matter. After coordination with LAF, a UNIFIL GIS team…

NEW YORK - The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest terms the horrific attack at a restaurant in central Kabul on the evening of Friday, 17 January. The attack on a civilian location killed at least 14 and injured many…

NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack on 17 January at a restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan, which caused a number of deaths and injuries to Afghan civilians and…

Beirut, Lebanon Thursday, 16 January 2014 The UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Derek Plumbly, strongly condemned this morning’s car bombing in the area of Hermel in north-eastern Lebanon that has killed and wounded a…

14 January 2014 - The number of South Sudanese civilians driven from their homes by ongoing conflict surpassed 400,000 over the past week, according to UN figures released today. The new estimate, which includes 78,00 who…

Juba, 12 January 2014 - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) notes media reports (New York Times, 9 January) estimating that up to 10,000 people may have been killed since the conflict in South Sudan started on…