News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
KABUL - As the United Nations prepares to celebrate International Women’s Day, which falls on 8 March annually, the UN system in Afghanistan is marking the Day with a recommitment to its efforts to help improve gender…
VIENNA, Austria – On 6-7 March, senior officials of Central Asian states: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan together with the leadership of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (EC IFAS…
KABUL - The women’s committee of the High Peace Council (HPC), an Afghan body leading the country’s peace efforts, today submitted a petition – containing the signatures of more than 250,000 Afghan women and girls calling for…
6 March 2014 – Top United Nations officials today underscored the need for urgent action to confront the myriad challenges facing the Central African Republic (CAR), as the Security Council considered Secretary-General Ban Ki…
The present report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 48 of Security Council resolution 2127 (2013), by which the Council requested me, in consultations with the African Union, to report to it with recommendations on the…
GHAZNI - Religious scholars in Ghazni province on Wednesday urged families not to bar female members from casting their votes in next month’s elections.The views were expressed at a day-long seminar 'Women’s Participation in…
I thank His Excellency President [Ernest Bai] Koroma, the Government and the Sierra Leonean people for their warm welcome. Today, we celebrate the successful conclusion of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office. This is a…
Mogadishu – Officials from the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) on 4 March paid a visit to the Somali Police Force (SPF) Headquarters in Mogadishu to introduce the new UN Police Commissioner in Somalia, Mustafa Resat…
Paris, France Wednesday, 05 March 2014 1. Participants thanked President Hollande and the Government of France for hosting the International Support Group for Lebanon. They recalled the 10 July 2013 Presidential Statement of…
Dakar, 05 mars 2014 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA), Mr. Said Djinnit, was received on Tuesday, February 4 in Niamey by President Mahamadou…
Dakar, 04 March 2014 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for West Africa and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA), Mr. Said Djinnit, strongly condemns the renewal of killings…