News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
10 March 2014 - The Ambassador of Morocco accredited to Guinea-Bissau and based in Dakar, Senegal, Taleb Barrada, handed over today, 11 tons of cargo containing 541 boxes with complete uniforms to 2.000 Bissau-Guinean…
Dakar, 14 March 2014 – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa and Head of UNOWA, Mr. Said Djinnit, attended the High-Level Review of the world drug problem organized in Vienna as…
Dakar, 14 March 2014 – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa and Head of UNOWA, Mr. Said Djinnit, attended the High-Level Review of the world drug problem organized in Vienna as…
The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the Libyan Mine Action Centre (LIBMAC) launched the 2014 Portfolio for Assistance in Humanitarian Mine Action and Arms and Ammunition Management, seeking to raise from…
27 February 2014 brought smiles and laughter to numerous children and parents from the Abu Slim neighbourhood of Tripoli. The occasion was the inauguration of a playground, bought and installed with support from UNICEF, meant…
NEW YORK - The latest report on Afghanistan by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been released in New York.Mr. Ban’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ján Kubiš, is scheduled to present the report – The…
KABUL - Condemning the killing of a Swedish-British journalist in Kabul on Tuesday, an Afghan media rights group today called on the Government of Afghanistan to take “serious measures” for ensuring the protection of…
Mogadishu – Madam President, Members of the Council, Thank you for giving me the opportunity to brief the Council from Mogadishu today, and for your continued support to Somalia’s peace-building and state-building. I am on…
Mogadishu - Madam President, Members of the Council, Thank you for giving me the opportunity to brief the Council from Mogadishu today, and for your continued support to Somalia’s peace-building and state-building. I am on…
It was an honor for me to meet again today with His Eminence the Patriarch, Cardinal Bechara Boutros El-Rai. We discussed the latest developments in Lebanon and the region and the impact of the regional developments on…
KABUL - With 23 days left before Afghans go to the polls to elect a new President and Provincial Council members, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) highlights that taking part in elections is a…