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- AU Communiqués
AUPSC Communiqué | 1296th Meeting on Education in Conflict Situations | 13 August 2025
Adopted by the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU), at its 1296th Open Session held on Wednesday, 13 August 2025 on Education in Conflict Situations. The Peace and Security Council, Recalling the AU Theme for 2024, namely: “Educate an African fit for the 21st Century: Building…
Remarks by the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Martha Pobee, to the United Nations Security Council on the situation in South Sudan
[As Delivered] Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Security Council, Thank you for the opportunity to brief on the situation in South Sudan as outlined in the Secretary-General’s report submitted to this Council. Since our last briefing to this Council, as emphasized in the report of the…
- Press Releases
UNSMIL Statement on the End of Municipal Council Elections Polling Day
TRIPOLI - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) congratulates the citizens of 26 Libyan municipalities for the successful conduct of Municipal Council Elections today with a reported high preliminary turnout of 71%. According to reports, today’s elections were held in an orderly and…
- Press Releases
UNSMIL welcomes the opening this morning of polling centers in 26 municipalities for the holding of Municipal Council Elections.
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomes the opening this morning of polling centers in 26 municipalities for the holding of Municipal Council Elections. Libyan citizens, residents of those municipalities have the opportunity to exercise their political rights and participate in…
- Press Releases
UNSMIL strongly condemns arson attacks on HNEC Field Offices on the eve of elections
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) strongly condemns the deliberate attacks that took place in the early morning hours of 15 August against two field offices of the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) in Zawiya and Sahel Al Gharbi. Such criminal acts represent another grave…
- Press Releases
UNSMIL condemns attempts to obstruct municipal elections
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya condemns, in the strongest terms, the armed attack by unknown assailants that took place in the early hours of 12 August against the office of the High National Elections Commission in Zliten, reportedly damaging property and injuring two individuals. Such…
- Special Coordinator
Statement of United Nations Special Coordinator Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
Five years have passed since the explosion at the Beirut Port shattered lives and neighbourhoods and shocked the world. The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, today expressed solidarity with all those affected by the blast, many of whom continue to bravely…
- Special Coordinator
Statement of Special Coordinator Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
Five years have passed since the explosion at the Beirut Port shattered lives and neighbourhoods and shocked the world. The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, today expressed solidarity with all those affected by the blast, many of whom continue to bravely…
- Press Releases
Haiti: At least 1,520 people killed in violence during the second quarter of 2025
Port-au-Prince, August 1, 2025 During the second quarter of 2025, the human rights situation in Haiti remained extremely worrying. Criminal groups expanded and intensified their attacks outside of Port-au-Prince, particularly in the Centre department and Bas Artibonite. There was some slowdown in…
UNIFIL statement on the conviction and sentencing in the killing of Irish peacekeeper Seán Rooney (29 July 2025)
Late last night, Lebanon’s Permanent Military Court found guilty six of the individuals charged in the killing of Irish peacekeeper Private Seán Rooney in Al-Aqbieh in December 2022. One individual was acquitted. UNIFIL welcomes the conclusion of the trial process and the Government of Lebanon’s…