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Joint press conference of the Libya Quartet on 31 March, in Tunis. From left to right: Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; UN chief António Guterres; Ahmad Abulgheit, Arab League Secretary-General; Moussa Faki, African Union Commission Chairperson; and Ghassan Salamé, UN Special Representative in Libya.
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UN chief hopeful for Libya, after Quartet meeting in Tunis

30 March 2019
Africa

Secretary-General António Guterres said he is hopeful for a solution to the eight-year long conflict in Libya, after a high-level meeting in Tunis, Tunisia, on Saturday with officials from the Arab League, the European Union and the African Union -- the group known as the 'Libya Quartet.'

United Nations staff serving in the field. Malawi, 2015.
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On International Day, UN stands in solidarity with some 20 detained staff

25 March 2019

Marking International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members, UN Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute to UN personnel abducted, detained or missing while serving.

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Short survey: UN News wants to know what you think

22 March 2019
Global

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres
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Ferry capsizes near Mosul, UN chief offers solidarity, support ‘as needed’ 

22 March 2019
Middle East

As many Iraqis across the country celebrated Norwuz, the first day of spring, a passenger ferry in the Tigris River capsized on Thursday, prompting Secretary-General António Guterres to offer the United Nations’ support “as needed”. 

Staff members serving with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) organizes a student awareness campaign on sexual exploitation and abuse in Bangui. 24 January 2018.
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Encouraging progress made in 2018, in ‘zero tolerance’ effort to end sexual exploitation and abuse across UN

18 March 2019
Global

The United Nations recorded a total of 259 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) during 2018, according to the latest report by Secretary-General António Guterres presented to the General Assembly. Although the figures rose compared with the previous two years, the report shows increased awareness among UN and UN-related staff, and improved and harmonized reporting tools across the Organization.

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses staff at a wreath-laying ceremony at UN Headquarters in New York for colleagues who died in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302. (15 March 2019)
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UN ‘comes together in sadness and solidarity’ to honour staff who died on board Ethiopian Airlines flight

15 March 2019

Ceremonies were held at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva on Friday, to remember and honour the staff who died on board Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, which crashed near Addis Ababa last Sunday, killing all 157 passengers and crew.

Roma civilians on the move in search of safety, inside Kosovo.
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UN must provide redress for minorities placed in toxic Kosovo camps, says rights expert

13 March 2019

An independent rights expert appointed by the Human Rights Council has called on the United Nations to “provide justice and remedies” to displaced people who suffered lead poisoning after being housed in UN camps on toxic wasteland in Kosovo.

United Nations staff in Nairobi observe a moment of silence in honour of the people who died in the Ethiopian Airlines crash. (11 March 2019)
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Let us keep ‘their spirit of service alive’: Guterres leads tributes to UN workers who died in Ethiopia crash

11 March 2019

United Nations flags flew at half-mast around the world on Monday to honour the more than 150 people killed in Sunday’s Ethiopian Airlines crash, including at least 21 UN workers.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ by Ethiopia plane crash which killed 157, including at least 21 UN workers

10 March 2019
Africa

An Ethiopian  Airlines flight crashed shortly after take off from the capital Addis Ababa on Sunday, killing more than 150 people on board. The UN  Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement that he was “deeply saddened at the tragic loss of lives” , as reports emerged that UN staff were also among the dead.