The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict (SRSG-SVC) visited Somalia from 2 to 6 April 2013, within the framework of United Nations Security Council resolutions 1820 (2008), 1888 (2009) and 1960 (2010). She met with national authorities including leadership of the national Army and Police, the Chief Justice, the Minister for Human Development and Public Services as well as women’s groups, non-governmental organisations and civil society partners, journalists and survivors of sexual violence.

Geneva, 11 January 2013

JSRS: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I am very, very grateful to you for your patience and I apologize that we could not even give you a time when we would be speaking to you. But we have just finished our meetings and I am happy to speak to you on behalf of the three delegations and say the following:

I. The Secretary-General’s Internal Review Panel

"Too often households and communities do not have the capability to withstand the damaging effects of the multiple climate and market shocks they are facing.

This report reflects the partnership between the United Nations and the European Union in humanitarian and development cooperation in 2011. The results presented in this report belong to the governments and people of the countries since only their tireless efforts assure development – the EU-UN partnership can but support.

In its 2012 Report, the MDG Gap Task Force has had difficulty identifying areas of significant new progress towards delivering on commitments to the Global Partnership for Development, and for the first time there are signs of backsliding. The volume of official development assistance (ODA) fell for the first time in many years, obstacles to exports from developing countries are on the rise, and numerous developing countries are facing debt difficulties.

2 August 2012

Press conference by Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy for Syria

Geneva, 2 August 2012

Five months ago, I was asked to take on the role of Joint Special Envoy for Syria, in order to seek a peaceful solution to the crisis, an end to the killings of civilians, the human rights abuses, and a path towards a political transition.

I accepted this task, which some called “Mission Impossible” - for I believed it was a sacred duty to do whatever was in my power to help the Syrian people find a peaceful solution to this bloody conflict.

GENÈVE – 19 juillet 2012 - Le Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest, M. Saïd Djinnit, a évoqué la situation dans les pays de la région au cours d'une conférence de presse donnée ce matin au Palais des Nations à Genève et animée par la Directrice du Service de l'information, Mme Corinne Momal-Vanian.

JSE: Good evening and thank you for your patience. I have just come from briefing the Council and we discussed the crisis as you can imagine in Syria, my recent trip to the region and the outcome of the Action Group meeting here in Geneva. And the Council is now discussing what the next steps should be and what action they should take, so we should hear something from them in the next few days. Since it is so late, let’s go straight to questions.