An agreement between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is within reach, with the United Nations standing ready to support talks and the African Union-led process to settle remaining differences, the Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs told the Security Council in a 29 June videoconference meeting.
Egypt
Egypt
29 June 2020
SC/14232
19 May 2020
The United Nations and the Government of Bangladesh are making preparations as Super Cyclone Storm Amphan approaches landfall tomorrow, potentially impacting more than 14 million people in the country. The Humanitarian Coordination Task Team and the Government are working on preparedness and response activities.
19 May 2020
SG/SM/20088
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
25 February 2020
Almost 300,000 people in Burkina Faso have been forced to flee their homes since last December and nearly 766,000 in total are displaced as of today. More than half the internally displaced have inadequate shelter or none at all, and $10 million has been allocated from the Central Emergency Fund to help them.
11 October 2019
The International Organization of Migration today launched a $10 million appeal to support recovery efforts in the Bahamian islands of Abaco and Grand Bahamas, which were hit by Hurricane Dorian in September. The funds will be used to assist shelters, provide non-food items and track missing persons.
6 August 2019
SC/13911
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Joanna Wronecka (Poland):
6 August 2019
The United Nations welcomed the decision by the Government of Colombia to grant nationality to Venezuelan refugee children born in the country to Venezuelan parents. The measure will benefit more than 24,000 children born since August 2015 who were at risk of statelessness.
5 August 2019
SG/SM/19690
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
16 April 2019
SG/T/3251
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Cairo from Tunis early on Monday evening, 1 April.
2 April 2019
A report by the Food and Agriculture Organization, World Food Programme and the European Union, finds that 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity in 2018, down slightly from 124 million in 2017. Nearly two thirds of those suffering are in just eight countries.
10 September 2018
In Bangkok, the Climate Change Conference ended on 9 September with an urgent call for accelerated climate action. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Executive Secretary said that the Conference had resulted in “uneven progress” on the guidelines to implement the Paris Agreement.
28 February 2018
BIO/5065
The new Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, Mohamed Fathi Ahmed Edrees, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
5 January 2018
United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock today approved the largest-ever allocation by the Central Emergency Response Fund — $50 million — to rapidly bolster aid for Yemen. The humanitarian situation there has deteriorated despite recent progress in opening key Red Sea ports to food and fuel shipments.
29 December 2017
SG/SM/18844
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary‑General António Guterres:
4 December 2017
The Secretary-General, in a message to the United Nations Environment Assembly opening in Nairobi today, said that solutions to prevent, mitigate and manage pollution existed, and that beating pollution would help reduce poverty, improve health, create decent jobs, address climate change and protect life on earth and sea.
1 December 2017
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has reported that refugees fleeing militia violence in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and arriving in Zambia have crossed the 12,000 mark, with 80 per cent of them women and children, driven out by extreme brutality of rampaging militias.
24 November 2017
SC/13086
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Sebastiano Cardi (Italy):
24 November 2017
SG/SM/18797
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
21 October 2017
SC/13039
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President François Delattre (France):
12 September 2017
SG/SM/18672
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
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