Peace and Security

Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Hawa Bangura (right), speaking with Security Council President for August, Joy Ogwu, at the Council’s special briefing on security sector reform.
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At Security Council, UN officials spotlight need for effective and accountable security institutions

20 August 2015

The Security Council today turned its attention to the need to develop effective, affordable and accountable security institutions, with senior United Nations officials representing peacekeeping, development and conflict-related sexual violence outlining concrete steps to lay the foundations for rule of law, peace and sustainable development.

Ján Kubiš, Special Representative the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), addresses the Security Council on the situation in the country (July 2015).
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INTERVIEW: “I believe that the country is at a very difficult stage of its development… But at the same time, there is hope” – UN envoy for Iraq Ján Kubiš

7 August 2015
Middle East

It has been six months since Ján Kubiš took up the post of the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). Over that period, the Slovakian national and his team have had to face considerable challenges – much like the country itself.

UNRWA'S Chris Gunness holds an open-air press conference in Jerusalem after a refugee family was evicted from its home and their possessions strewn on the streets.
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INTERVIEW: The toughest spokesperson's job in the world? A decade speaking out for Palestinian humanitarian needs

3 August 2015
Middle East

Chris Gunness has served as the Spokesperson and Director of Advocacy and Communications for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for almost a decade.