News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
The United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia praised this body’s importance in advancing the implementation of the Peace Agreement in the region. Enrique Sánchez, Head of the Medellín Regional Office of the United…
Mogadishu – Seven-year-old boys can have a wide range of interests. For some, the mechanical world of cars and trains appeals. For others, it is the rugged world of adventure and swashbuckling derring-do. For Omar Ali Hassan…
Immediately upon arrival in Beirut, newly appointed UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert held her first round of consultations with Lebanon’s top political and security leaders. With Parliament…
New York - From 3 to 7 June, UNOAU participated in the Annual Common Connections Week on Security Sector Reform (SSR) in New York. The meeting aimed at a) reviewing progress in the implementation of the UN Program of Action…
Mogadishu – The United Nations in Somalia congratulates the Somali government and people on their country's election today to a seat on the UN Security Council for 2025-2026. “Somalia has come a long way over the past three…
Mogadishu – The United Nations in Somalia congratulates the Somali government and people on their country's election today to a seat on the UN Security Council for 2025-2026. “Somalia has come a long way over the past three…
Former members of the Central Joint Command of the extinct FARC-EP acknowledged their responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity before 29 of their victims during the first regional acknowledgement hearing held…
On 6 June, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the UN and President of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the month of June, Ambassador Joonkook Hwang, met with the Ambassador of Uganda to Ethiopia and…
As the exchanges of fire across the Blue Line continue, the Secretary-General renews his calls to the parties to urgently cease fire. He remains gravely concerned that the exchanges of fire have not only ravaged communities…
TRIPOLI – 5 June – Twenty-six young women from across Libya graduated from the UNSMIL-led training programme by presenting their final projects focus on educating school children on climate change to the Minster of Women, the…
In a Bogotá used to the sound of buses, cars’ horns, and bicycle engines, a batucada full of Colombian flavour would be in charge of interrupting the monotonous noise with music to sing the great news: that Friday in April…
On the island of Cyprus, the Technical Committee on Environment works to raise awareness and address island wide environmental issues. Part of their recent activity includes important discussions to exchange information…