Press Releases

This evening, at approximately 5:20 pm, a heavy exchange of fire erupted between Lebanon and Israel in the vicinity of Alma Shaab, Ayta Ash Shab', Al Dihaira, El Adeysse and Houla. We are deeply saddened to hear that during…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan On 11 October 2023, participants of the UNRCCA Preventive Diplomacy Academy from the Central Asian states and Afghanistan participated in an online seminar on leadership skills. The seminar aimed to…

Despite concerning events in the past days, the situation in UNIFIL’s area of operations remains stable, but volatile. Exchanges of fire between Lebanese territory and Israel have fortunately not escalated into conflict. Our…

Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, Carlos Ruiz Massieu, highlighted increasing efforts in the implementation of the Peace Agreement, especially of…

Kinshasa, 11 October 2023: MONUSCO has taken immediate and robust action in response to reports of serious misconduct by UN peacekeepers.

MOSCOW, Russian Federation On 10 October 2023, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Head of UNRCCA Kaha Imnadze, during his working visit to Moscow, the Russian Federation, held meetings with officials from…

At around 5:30 pm, UNIFIL detected rocket firing from south of Tyre. We continue to be in contact with authorities on both sides of the Blue Line to de-escalate this very dangerous situation. We urge everyone to exercise…

Bamako, October 10, 2023 - Today, in accordance with its withdrawal plan as previously communicated to the Malian authorities, MINUSMA completed the withdrawal of its troops from the outposts in Kidal supporting the…

MOSCOW, Russian Federation On 9 October 2023, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Head of UNRCCA Kaha Imnadze met with the Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Independent States Sergey Lebedev in…

MOSCOW, Russian Federation On 9 October 2023, in Moscow, the Russian Federation, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Head of UNRCCA Kaha Imnadze had a productive meeting with the Deputy Secretary General…