Peace and Security

A farmer transporting hay to Tera weekly market, Tera, Bajirga, Niger.
FAO/Giulio Napolitano

Security Council considers measures to support regional force in the Sahel

8 December 2017
Africa

The United Nations Security Council today adopted a resolution clarifying the ways in which the international community, including the UN mission Mali – known by its French acronym MINUSMA – is expected to provide support to a multi-country joint military force conducting counter-terrorist operations in the Sahel.

North Kivu province, DR Congo: Malawian soldiers of the Force Intervention Brigade on patrol between the localities of Oicha and Erengeti, in Beni territory. Photo MONUSCO/Anne Herrmann

DR Congo: Over a dozen UN peacekeepers killed in worst attack on ‘blue helmets’ in recent history

8 December 2017
Africa

At least 15 United Nations ‘blue helmets’ in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been killed and many more injured, in what the Secretary-General António Guterres described as the “worst attack” on UN peacekeepers in recent history.

Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, briefs the Security Council from Jerusalem. Photo/Manuel Elias

UN Middle East envoy warns of ‘risk of violent escalation’ after US decision on Jerusalem

8 December 2017
Middle East

Wednesday’s decision by United States President Donald Trump recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has been widely welcomed in Israel but it has also caused much anger among Palestinians and anxiety across the Middle East and beyond, the United Nations envoy on the region’s peace process told ta special Security Council meeting on Friday.

Secretary-General António Guterres addresses reporters at UN Headquarters.
OSSG

Issue of Jerusalem must be resolved through direct negotiations between parties, UN chief stresses

6 December 2017
Middle East

In the wake of the announcement by the United States President recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday stressed that there is no alternative to the two-state solution and that Jerusalem is an issue that must be resolved through direct negotiations between the parties.

Miroslav Lajvak, President of the General Assembly at the special meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
UN Photo/Kim Haughton

On Day of Solidarity, UN reaffirms two-state solution as only answer to ‘question of Palestine’

29 November 2017
Middle East

The Question of Palestine is inextricably linked with the history of the United Nations and is one of the longest-standing issues on the Organization's agenda, United Nations Secretary-General António said in his message commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres greeted by President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire at the start of the 5th AU-EU summit.
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In Côte d'Ivoire, UN chief spotlights importance of AU-EU strategic partnership

29 November 2017
Africa

The importance of regional organizations grows with every decade that passes as they are essential to face the difficult challenges that threaten the world, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Wednesday at the African Union-European Union Summit in Côte d'Ivoire.

A wide view of the 82nd plenary meeting of second regular session of United Nations General Assembly, 17 September 1947.
UN Photo

UN chief reiterates support for two-state solution in Middle East; vows to denounce anti-Semitism

28 November 2017
Middle East

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today reiterated that he would continue to work to help Israelis and Palestinians achieve a two-state solution, and vowed to denounce hate speech aimed at Israelis.

A convoy of MINUSMA vehicles drives through the streets of Menaka in northern Mali.
UN Photo/Marco Dormino

Four peacekeepers killed in two deadly attacks against UN mission in Mali

24 November 2017
Africa

Four United Nations peacekeepers and a member of the Malian armed forces were killed and 21 others were wounded on Friday in what Secretary-General António Guterres called “outrageous” attacks against the UN mission in the country.

Briefing by Nickolay Mladenov, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Genuine change in Gaza could help restore confidence in peace process, UN envoy tells Security Council

20 November 2017
Middle East

Noting that with the signing last month of the Cairo agreement, Palestinians have set out on a path towards reconciliation, a senior United Nations official underscored on Monday the urgency to resolve the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and to return the enclave to full civilian and security control of the Palestinian Authority.

In Kidal, northern Mali, a UN peacekeeper searches for pieces of mortar shell in the damaged MINUSMA camp which was targeted by intensive mortar fire in an overnight attack on 8 June, 2017.
UN Photo/Sylvain Liechti

In Vancouver, UN peacekeeping chief outlines ‘very serious challenge’ facing Mali operation

15 November 2017
Africa

The “very serious challenge” facing peacekeepers with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) makes it vital that additional efforts are made for the four-year-old operation to fulfil its mandate, the UN peacekeeping chief has said.