Press releases

  • UN report urges Liberia to act over traditional practices that violate human rights
    21 Dec 2015 - GENEVA/MONROVIA (18 December 2015) – A UN report released today documents the negative impact on human rights of some traditional and cultural practices in Liberia, including female genital mutilation, forced initiation into secret societies, accusations of witchcraft, trials by ordeal and ritualistic killing.
  • UN Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at International Migrants Day [as delivered]
    21 Dec 2015 -
     
    THE DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL--International Migrants DayNew York, 18 December 2015
     
    Human mobility is a defining feature of our world today.
     
  • UNHCR voluntary repatriation of Ivorian refugees after Ebola outbreak

    UNHCR voluntary repatriation of Ivorian refugees after Ebola outbreak

    Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, UNHCR facilitate voluntary repatriation of Ivorian refugees after interruption by Ebola outbreak
    18 Dec 2015 -
    Harper, Liberia, 18 December 2015 (LRRRC-UNHCR) – Today the governments of Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) resumed the voluntary repatriation of tens of thousands of Ivorian refugees from Liberia, which had been interrupted for more than a year by the deadly Ebola outbreak. Some 11,000 of the 38,000 Ivorian refugees in Liberian camps have said they wish to return immediately.
  • Contingents display flags on 2015 UN Peacekeepers' Day in Monrovia

    Contingents display flags on 2015 UN Peacekeepers' Day in Monrovia

    SRSG welcomes UN Security Council’s decision to extend UNMIL’s mandate for another year
    17 Sep 2015 - (Monrovia) –The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Coordinator of United Nations Operations in Liberia, Mr. Farid Zarif, has welcomed the UN Security Council’s decision today to extend UNMIL’s mandate until 30 September 2016. “The Security Council’s decision to extend UNMIL’s mandate for another year demonstrates the international community’s commitment to fully support Liberia’s assumption of full security responsibilities by 30 June 2016,” said Mr. Zarif.
  • Pakistan donates asphalt plant to the Government of Liberia
    28 Jul 2015 - (Monrovia) -- The Government of Pakistan, through the Pakistan Repair and Maintenance (PakRAM) contingent of UNMIL, donated an asphalt plant to the Government of Liberia at a ceremony yesterday at Camp Scheffline, on the outskirts of Monrovia. The facility was received by Liberia’s Deputy Minister of Defence, Saint Jerome Larbelee, from PakRAM Commanding Officer, Lt.-Col. Mohammad Rafiq.
  • One year remaining for Liberia to take full responsibility for all aspects of its security
    02 Jul 2015 - (Monrovia) - One year from today, Liberia is to have assumed responsibility for all aspects of its own security, taking over the residual tasks still performed by the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).
  • Today’s Choices, Tomorrow’s Liberia
    01 Jul 2015 - Reflections of outgoing UNMIL SRSG Ms Karin Landgren, Monrovia City Hall, 30 June 2015 Your Excellencies, Honourable Ministers;  our host, the Monrovia City Mayor;  all distinguished guests;  Good afternoon, and thank you for taking part in this event – which is both my farewell and a contribution to a Liberian conversation.  I.  Introduction
  • SRSG’s Farewell Address Cites Progress and Remaining Choices
    01 Jul 2015 - Ahead of her departure from Liberia on 3 July, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Coordinator of United Nations Operations in Liberia, Karin Landgren, reflected on “Today’s Choices, Tomorrow’s Liberia,” during a farewell address at Monrovia’s City Hall today.
  • The Healing Begins
    07 May 2015 - In Liberia's central province of Bong, Gbarnga County, rival politicians hugged and danced with each other at a musical concert aimed at healing the wounds of a nation divided by the recent presidential and legislative polls. 
  • Special Representative briefs Security Council as UNMIL drawdown resumes
    06 May 2015 - Monrovia/New York, 05 May 2015 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Liberia, Karin Landgren, briefed the UN Security Council today on the situation in Liberia, highlighting the Government’s plan to assume full responsibility for the country’s security by 30 June 2016, the resumption this month of the drawdown of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), and the country’s remarkable success in beating back Ebola.

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