News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
Mogadishu, 12 September 2012 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga strongly condemns today's attack on the Jazeera Hotel in which President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was giving…
KANDAHAR - The Provincial Department of Public Health in Kandahar said it seized 1,670 cartons of fake and expired medicines and 16 vehicles, during recent operations in Kandahar. “We have started an inspection of medical…
KANDAHAR - Six Afghan boxers participated in a club tournament in Baluchistan province of Pakistan and won three Gold Medals and two Silver Medals. The victorious boxers returned to Kandahar yesterday after participating in…
ASTANA, Kazakhstan Delivered by Mr. Miroslav Jenča, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) I am pleased to send…
New York, 12 September 2012 – The Secretary-General strongly condemns today's attack on the Jazeera Hotel in Mogadishu, in which newly elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was meeting with the Kenyan Foreign Minister…
Read statements by the UN, AU, EU, US, UK, France and Italy on the Somali presidential elections outcome.
KUNAR - I am very glad that I had the opportunity to meet representatives of the authorities of the province and also representatives of the people, of the elders, Ulema Shura, civil society and they shared with me their…
New York, 11 September 2012 - The Secretary-General congratulates Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on his selection as President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, following the vote of the New Federal Parliament in Mogadishu…
Special Representative Augustine Mahiga on a courtesy visit to the newly elected President of Somalia, H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
Mogadishu, 10 September 2012 - Today the Somali people have taken a great step forward on the path to peace and prosperity. Today, Somalia's Parliamentarians—in a calm, dignified and contemplative manner—ended the…
BAMYAN - An age-old shrine in Bamyan centre that dates back to the Ghorid period has been inaugurated following its restoration by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) with funding…