Press Releases

The Secretary-General strongly condemns the arrest of four members of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). They were arrested by the Central African…

BANGUI (18 February 2022) – A UN human rights expert today urged all necessary steps be taken to end impunity in the Central African Republic to ensure lasting peace in the country, and expressed the need to strengthen…

The Secretary-General is following closely the situation in Libya. He takes note of the vote taken on Thursday, 10 February, by the House of Representatives in consultation with the High State Council to adopt the…

Dakar, 10 February 2022 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh ANNADIF, today paid a one-day visit to Guinea-Bissau…

Dakar, 09 February 2022 - After having carried out a joint mission with ECOWAS to Burkina Faso on 31 January, and participated in the Extraordinary Session of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government on the political…

Dakar, 03 February 2022 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh ANNADIF, participated today in the Extraordinary of the…

INFORMATION NOTE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ANNADIF TO PARTICIPATE IN ECOWAS EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT ON BURKINA FASO Dakar, 02 February 2022 - After carrying out, on 31 January 2022, a joint mission in Ouagadougou with a ministerial…

GENEVA (26 January 2022) – Haiti’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Monday, 31 January 2022 in a meeting that will be…

HUDAYDAH, 21 January 2023 – UNMHA is gravely concerned about the recent military hostilities in Hudaydah city that have resulted in the devastating loss of civilian life, multiple injuries and damage to public infrastructure…

Bamako, 20 January 2022 - Following a series of fruitful discussions with the Malian authorities, MINUSMA is resuming its air operations. The Mission welcomes the spirit of cooperation and partnership that prevailed during…