Press Releases

Meeting in Munich on February 11 & 12, 2016, as the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), the Arab League, China, Egypt, the EU, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation…

A United Nations report to be released later this month details grave violations and abuses of human rights committed following the eruption of violence in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, from 26 September to…

NEW YORK- WASHINGTON DC – On 2-5 February, Mr. Petko Draganov, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), visited New York in…

Today, His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Nova Justinia and All Cyprus and His Excellency Dr Talip Atalay, Mufti of Cyprus, together with the representative of His Eminence Archbishop Nareg of the Armenian Apostolic…

Martin Kobler from Shahat: It’s Very Important Now that Second List of Ministers, that will be Presented, Passes the House of Representatives Excerpts from SRSG for Libya Martin Kobler’s Press Conference in Shahat Following a…

News organizations standing up for the safety of media professionals Paris, 05 February 2016 - In Paris today, two Libyan media managers participated in an international conference hosted by UNESCO that provided news…

Arabic version The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, met today with Syrian political figures associated with the Moscow and Cairo processes, as referenced in the Security Council resolution 2254…

The UN Mission in Central African Republic has identified seven new possible victims of sexual exploitation and abuse in Bambari. These cases were brought to the Mission’s attention on 21 January by a team of Human Rights…

The Ambassadors of France, Russia, the United States of America, Germany, Italy, the European Union, the League of Arab States, representatives of the United Kingdom and China and the Apostolic Nuncio as well as the United…

Arabic version Geneva (3 February 2016)- The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, has announced a recess in intra-Syrian talks as of the end of Friday, 5 February. The talks are to resume in Geneva…