Press releases

[scroll down for French version] Watch the video Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for your invitation and for your close cooperation for peace and development in the Sahel.

[scroll down for French] The Secretary-General congratulates the Malian people on the historic meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation (Comité de suivi de l’Accord, CSA) held in Kidal, Mali on 11 February. The high-level meeting, chaired by H.E. Mr. Sabri Boukadoum, Foreign Minister of Algeria, brought together six Malian Ministers, the leadership of the signatory armed movements and the International Mediation, represented at a high level. 

Briefing by Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), on COVID-19, on Maintenance of international peace and security: Follow-up on the implementation of resolution 2532 (2020) [on cessation of hostilities in the context of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic] - Security Council Open VTC.

Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about clashes in West Darfur over the weekend.  Escalating inter-communal violence has resulted in scores of deaths and injuries, the displacement of nearly 50,000 people and the destruction of property. He expresses his deepest condolences to the bereaved families and wishes a speedy recovery to the injured.