News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
Djibouti, 20 January 2011 – The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Planning and International Cooperation Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, along with the Special Representative of the…
20 January 2011 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has named Gana Fofang of Cameroon as the new deputy United Nations envoy for Guinea-Bissau. Mr. Fofang will also serve as the UN Resident Coordinator and the Resident…
8 January 2011 - The chair of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission has been awarded the 2010 Tipperary International Peace Award for her contribution to freedom and democracy in Afghanistan. The Tipperary Peace…
Djibouti, 20 January 2011 – The Joint Security Committee (JSC) met today, under the co-chairmanship of Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Cooperation and Planning, Dr. Augustine Mahiga…
KABUL - Soaring opium prices may induce more farmers to grow opium, warned the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in its full 2010 Afghanistan Opium Survey released today. The high prices are based on…
Djibouti, 20 January 2011 – The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Planning and International Cooperation Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, along with the Special Representative of the…
KANDAHAR - Kandahar’s rise in cricket continues as the team beat out players from 21 other provinces to win the national championships in Nangarhar for a second year in a row. Each team played two-day matches against three…
New York, 14 January 2011 – SRSG Mahiga thanked the Council for adopting Resolution 1964 (2010) on 22 December 2010, which approved the expansion of AMISOM. He also stated that in this final leg of the transition, the gains…
NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council heard a briefing today by the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, received an assessment of the situation in Afghanistan…
KABUL - Taliban insurgents and other armed groups as well as criminal gangs in Afghanistan have been deliberately targeting demining NGOs, particularly in the volatile southern provinces, says the Afghanistan NGO Safety…
18 January 2011 - New roads built in northern Afghanistan are benefiting almost 700,000 people by increasing access to basic services, providing jobs and promoting peace and stability. The Road Access Improvement Project in…