News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
Baidoa – The Acting UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, James Swan, visited today the South West State, as part of his first round of in-person engagements with Federal Member States’ leaders. “I…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, concluded today a two-day pre-electoral visit to Ghana. The objective of…
(As delivered) Mr. President, honourable members of the Cabinet, members of the press, I am pleased to be back in Baidoa, South West State. I thank President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed ‘Laftagareen’ and his team for warmly…
. ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan
Economic Development | UNIDO empowers business incubators to increase financial sustainability UNIDO, with the support of the EU, organized a training session on financial sustainability and governance in Mogadishu. This…
On 5 July, SRSG Parfait Onanga-Anyanga participated in the AUPSC’s 1220th meeting to brainstorm on the Summit of the Future scheduled on 22 and 23 September. The meeting, held in open session, was chaired by the Permanent…
The UN is deeply concerned at the increase in the intensity of exchanges of fire across the Blue Line yesterday, which heightens the risk of a full-scale war . Escalation can and must be avoided. We reiterate that the danger…
On 3 and 4 July, the AU High-Level Panel on Sudan and the AU Special Envoy on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) convened the high-level ‘Sudan Women’s Dialogue’ in Kampala, Uganda. The conference brought together women…
The ongoing round of negotiations about detainees in Oman is taking place in a positive and constructive atmosphere so far. The parties have reached an understanding about arrangements to release conflict related detainees…
UNOAU and the Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (CCCPA), an Egyptian public agency established in 1994 by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, signed a Memorandum of…
On 2 and 3 July, SRSG Parfait Onanga-Anyanga attended the Aswan Forum in Cairo, Egypt. This year’s edition focused on ‘Africa in a Changing World: Re-envisioning Global Governance for Peace and Development’, underscoring how…