News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
NY 17 October 2011_For decades the United Nations has worked to free people from poverty. We have made great progress — but today those gains are in doubt. Too many people are living in fear: fear of losing their jobs; fear…
SRSG's speech on the joint celebration of International Day of Rural Women, the World Food Day and International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
KABUL - An apple from Paradise is an award winning film on the frantic search of a beleaguered father to find his son, who is a madressa student and has been tasked by his masters to commit a suicide attack against the…
KABUL - With winter approaching, the top Afghan agricultural official said more than the usual 30 per cent of the population is expected to fall under the poverty line due to a poor harvest spurred by dry conditions, rising…
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan On 18 October, Miroslav Jenča, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of UNRCCA, congratulated the President and the people of Turkmenistan with the 20th Anniversary of the…
Dakar, 14 October 2011 - The United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA) held the ninth periodic consultation with the Heads of the Regional Offices of the United Nations (UN) agencies in West Africa. The meeting was…
New York, 11 October 2011 - The Secretary-General welcomes the smooth holding of the presidential and legislative elections in Liberia today. He commends the people of Liberia for exercising their right to vote in a calm and…
KABUL - For decades the United Nations has worked to free people from poverty. We have made great progress — but today those gains are in doubt. Too many people are living in fear: Fear of losing their jobs; Fear of not being…