The United Nations Mission in Liberia successfully completed its mandate on 30 March 2018. You can find out about the mission's past activities and achievements through this website. The United Nations family remains committed to supporting the Government, ensuring that the hard won peace is sustained and that the country and its people continue to progress and thrive.
17 Feb 2017 - UNMIL/PR/1702-17Friday, 17 February 2017
MONROVIA – Today, the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) handed over the partial skeletal remains of 27 individuals to the Government of Liberia. The remains had been kept by UNMIL at the request of the Government of Liberia. The...
The Department of Field Support is pleased to announce that ten new contributors (Albania, Bangladesh, Canada, Italy, Luxembourg, Nigeria, Pakistan, Portugal,...
27 Dec 2016 - The UN Security Council has passed a resolution extending the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) for the last time.
Resolution 2333, which was adopted on Friday, 22 December 2016, extends the Mission’s mandate up to 30 March 2018.
In passing the Resolution, the...
11 Oct 2016 - New York, 10 October 2016
Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen. As you know, I returned last night from a productive trip to some European countries. This morning I would like to focus on two urgent challenges – the situations in Haiti and Yemen.
First, Haiti.
I wish to...
11 Oct 2016 - New York, 10 October –United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the launch of a new platform for scaling up innovative finance solutions to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 at a meeting with high-level officials from...
19 Sep 2016 - New York, 18 September 2016
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Dr. Irina Bokova, Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board and Director-General of UNESCO, Distinguished Members of the Scientific Advisory Board, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to be with you again. Four years ago...
08 Sep 2016 - More must be done to consolidate gains in security sector and create the conditions for long-term peace
(Monrovia) – A two-week strategic assessment mission from UN Headquarters concluded its work in Liberia today. Led by the UN Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) for...
15 Aug 2016 - The world’s young people – who make up the largest generation of youth in history – can lead a global drive to break the patterns of the past and set the world on course to a more sustainable future. Young people are directly affected by the tragic contradictions that prevail...
04 Jul 2016 - (Monrovia) - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Mission in Liberia, Farid Zarif, today lauded the people and Government of Liberia for reassuming full control of the country’s security. The achievement is testament to the...
17 Jun 2016 - [New York, 17 June 2016] The United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Mr. Adama Dieng, condemned the criminal attack that took place at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United States, on 12 June, in which 49 people were killed and 53 injured. He...