Press Releases

Tripoli, Lebanon Tuesday, 03 February 2015 I came to Tripoli as one of my first visits outside Beirut. As you know I started two and half weeks ago. So I am very much here to listen, to learn but also to see with my own eyes…

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- On 28-30 January, SRSG Jenca visited Brussels for consultations with the European Union. On this occasion he was invited to brief the Council’s Political and Security Committee (PSC) on recent political…

I met with the Prime Minister in follow up to the events of recent days and given our close contacts. I expressed my appreciation for the Prime Minister’s clearly expressed commitment to Security Council resolution 1701 and…

29 January 2015 - Participants in the UN-facilitated Libyan political dialogue have discussed during their meeting in Geneva this week the venue for holding the future talks. There was agreement on the principle of convening…

New York, U.S.A Wednesday, 28 January 2015 The Secretary-General is deeply concerned over the serious deterioration of the security situation in Southern Lebanon and violations of the cessation of hostilities and Resolution…

New York, 28 January 2015 - The Secretary-General condemns, in the strongest terms, the attack that took place at the Corinthia Hotel, in Tripoli on 27 January. He expresses his condolences to the families of those who lost…

The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about the deteriorating security situation in Darfur following reports of an escalation of hostilities between the Government of Sudan and the Darfur armed movements in Central Darfur…

At around 11:30 am this morning, UNIFIL observed six rockets launched towards Israel from the vicinity of Wazzani north of Maysat in the UNIFIL area of operations. The IDF returned artillery fire in the same general area…

The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Sigrid Kaag, today expressed deep concern over the serious deterioration of the security situation in South Lebanon following the attack on the Israeli Defense Forces in the…