DPPA
Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs

News from our Missions

Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.

 

KABUL - On World TB Day, health officials in Afghanistan are calling the disease one of the country’s greatest public health threats. Afghanistan ranks among the 22 high-burden TB countries in the world. More than 50,000…
By Ivan Simonovic, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights 23 March 2011 - Sima is 15, but looks even younger. I met her in Kabul, in the female juveniles section of the Badam Bagh prison, earlier this…
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The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convened a conference on the theme "The African Union (AU) Support to the Implementation of the Djibouti Peace Process for Somalia" hosted by the Government of the Republic of…
22 March 2011 - The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations mission in Afghanistan for one more year so that it can continue to assist the Government as it assumes greater responsibility for ensuring…
22 March 2011 - Staffan de Mistura, the top UN envoy in Afghanistan and head of the political mission UNAMA, today highlighted the significance of Afghanistan’s regional neighbours in the effort to achieve a sustainable peace…