President Bio is expected to deliver a very powerful statement highlighting his key commitments and priorities of his new Government.
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Liberia: At UN, President Should Back Justice
Liberian President George Weah should show leadership at the United Nations General Assembly by announcing his government’s endorsement of justice and reparations for victims of grave crimes during the country’s civil wars, 80 nongovernmental organizations said in a letter to the president released on Thursday.
IOM Resumes Voluntary Humanitarian Return Flights from Libya Following Tripoli Ceasefire
A flight to Ghana is the first return flight to leave Libya in the wake of this week’s ceasefire agreement ending hostilities in southern Tripoli and surrounding areas. The reopening of Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport permitted a commercial flight to leave… Read More ›
Haiti’s security situation remains ‘fragile’: UN representative
Haitian authorities must do more to prepare the Caribbean island nation for the planned withdrawal of the country’s UN peacekeeping mission, Bintou Keita, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, told the Security Council on Thursday.
USAID calls for immediate, unconditional release of REUTERS journalists in Burma
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) administrator, Mark Green, has called for the immediate, and unconditional release of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.
Progress made but Lake Chad crisis is not over, says UN relief chief, urging greater support for region
“There is still a big humanitarian crisis. [It is] not over despite the progress we have made,” UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock told a high-level humanitarian conference on the region.
IOM and Humanitarian Actors Respond to Needs in Tripoli
IOM, the UN Migration Agency, has responded to the urgent humanitarian needs of hundreds of displaced Libyans and migrants affected by violence, following armed clashes in the Libyan capital. Early Monday morning (27/08) heavy clashes erupted between armed groups in… Read More ›
