News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
KABUL - The Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan, Michael Keating, today expressed sympathy to the families of 50 Afghans who died and four who were injured as a result of an avalanche that occurred on 4 March 2012 in a…
Abidjan, 7 March 2012 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Côte d’Ivoire, Bert Koenders, the interim Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Liberia, Moustapha Soumaré, and the Special…
As-Salaamu Alaikum. It has been nearly six weeks since I last wrote, having newly relocated to Mogadishu. I have settled in the capital where being our close proximity to and daily engagement with our Somali interlocutors is…
Abidjan, 8 March, 2012 - The Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit held a meeting in Abidjan with Côte d’Ivoire President Mr. Alassane Dramane Ouattara who is also the…
7 March 2012 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today joined other senior United Nations officials on the eve of International Women's Day in highlighting the potential of rural women to improve the well-being of entire…
8 March 2012 - To mark the International Women's Day a joint mission composed of United Nations officials and members of Guinea-Bissau's Government today visited two women's driven agricultural projects in the region of Oio…
KABUL - On International Women’s Day, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and UN Women urged the Government of Afghanistan to fully and promptly implement the law on Elimination of Violence against…
KABUL - More than 500 women and men in Kandahar gathered today to mark International Women’s Day, which included a play by an all-woman cast to show the negative side of underage and forced marriages. “We want more education…
NEW YORK - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today joined other senior United Nations officials on the eve of International Women’s Day in highlighting the potential of rural women to improve the well-being of entire societies if…
Abidjan, 8 March, 2012 - The Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit held a meeting in Abidjan with Côte d’Ivoire President Mr. Alassane Dramane Ouattara who is also the…
Abidjan, 8 March, 2012 - The Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit held a meeting in Abidjan with Côte d’Ivoire President Mr. Alassane Dramane Ouattara who is also the…