Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, observed on 22 August:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, observed on 21 August:
Peacekeepers from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo stopped an attack by CODECO elements on Jissa village in Ituri province. The assailants, who earlier burned homes and made civilians flee, fled upon the arrival of the peacekeepers.
On 24 July 2023, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) concerning the Central African Republic heard a briefing from Harold Adlai Agyeman, Chair of the Committee, in connection with the report of his visit to the Central African Republic from 6 to 9 June 2023.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
The World Health Organization (WHO) will convene its first-ever global summit on ways to scale up scientific advances and realize evidence-based knowledge in the use of traditional medicine, which can play an important and catalytic role in achieving the goal of universal health coverage.
Continued violence in parts of Sudan, particularly sexual and ethnically targeted violence, risks engulfing the country in a prolonged conflict with regional spillover, senior United Nations officials told the Security Council today, as they warned that the country’s descent into a full-blown humanitarian catastrophe continues to deepen.
In Lebanon, after a week-long suspension of services in Ein el Hilweh camp due to armed clashes, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has resumed operations. Health Centre II reopened today. UNRWA is also preparing to assess and clear remnants of war from affected zones.
