New York, 11 September 2017 Mr. President, Excellencies, Let me begin with a warm and heartfelt thank you to President of the 71st session of the General Assembly Peter Thompson. Thank you for your vision. Thank you for your…
New York, 6 September 2017 [as delivered] The report that informs today’s dialogue is my first on the responsibility to protect. It comes at a time when the need for strengthened efforts to prevent genocide, war crimes…
The Secretary-General welcomes the unanimous adoption by the Security Council of resolution 2373 extending the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) until 31 August 2018. The Secretary-General…
Georgette Gagnon, UN Human Rights Office Field Operations Director. Photo UN 25 August 2017 Good morning and thank you for joining us today. Over the past week, I visited Kinshasa and Kananga before arriving yesterday morning…
The Secretary-General condemns the attacks against camps of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in Douenza and Timbuktu, in Mali. A UN peacekeeper, a Malian soldier and a…
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed meeting with President Joseph Kabila in Kinshasa on July 26, 2017. Photo MONUSCO/John Bompengo Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, Your Excellency…
SRSG Shearer - Regional protection Force - Press Conference (near verbatim) Ladies and Gentlemen Good morning and welcome to the RWANBATT compound here at Tomping. A number of you have reported over the weekend that the first…
Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix: Thank you very much, and good afternoon all. I would like, first of all, to thank you for being here. As explained, I spent three days in South Sudan…
Remarks to the press by Undersecretary-General Lacroix following a meeting with Foreign Minister Deng Alor at the Foreign Ministry in Juba. I had a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Deng Alor.He…
Remarks to the press by Undersecretary-General Lacroix following a meeting with Foreign Minister Deng Alor at the Foreign Ministry in Juba. I had a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Deng Alor.He…
The Secretary-General condemns the killing of two peacekeepers of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) on 25 July in Bangassou. This incident brings to…