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HUDAYDAH, 18 January 2021 — The United Nations Mission to support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) has received disturbing reports of a significant increase in clashes in parts of the Hudaydah governorate in recent days, particularly in Hays and Durayhimi. Head of UNMHA and Chair of the Redeployment…

New York, 18 January 2021 - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Ján Kubiš of Slovakia as his Special Envoy on Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). This position is established pursuant to Security Council resolution…

New York, 18 January 2021 - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Ján Kubiš of Slovakia as his Special Envoy on Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). This position is established pursuant to Security Council resolution…

17 January 2021 - Following the four-day meeting of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum’s Advisory Committee in Geneva, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Stephanie Williams logged in to an AI - powered chat to engage in a digital dialogue with 1,000 Libyans, the…

The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack against a convoy of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) that took place on 15 January 2021 near Tessalit in Kidal region, which resulted in the death of an Egyptian peacekeeper and serious injuries…

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attacks against the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), which resulted in the deaths of a peacekeeper from Rwanda on 13 January near Bangui and of a peacekeeper from…

The Secretary-General strongly condemns today’s attacks by alleged Coalition des Patriotes pour le Changement(CPC) combatants on a convoy of theUnited Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) in Grimari, Ouaka prefecture. A peacekeeper from…

Bamako, 15 January 2021 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of MINUSMA, Mr. Mahamat Saleh ANNADIF, has learned with dismay of the Improvised Explosive Device attack (IED/mine) perpetrated against a MINUSMA’s tanker truck, which was part of a logistics convoy, today…

Geneva 15 January 2020 Meeting in Geneva of the LPDF’s Advisory Committee, facilitated by Stephanie Williams, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya As you know much has been accomplished during the meeting of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF), which took place in…