Press Releases

  • 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...
  • 21 Dec 2015 -
     
    THE DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL--International Migrants DayNew York, 18 December 2015...
  • UNHCR voluntary repatriation of Ivorian refugees after Ebola outbreak

    UNHCR voluntary repatriation of Ivorian refugees after 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...
  • Contingents display flags on 2015 UN Peacekeepers' Day in Monrovia

    Contingents display flags on 2015 UN Peacekeepers' Day in Monrovia

    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...
  • 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...
  • 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). “The Security Council’s decisions to resume the UNMIL drawdown and...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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.  "I have no permanent enemies," declared opposition...
  • 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...

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