News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
On 15 June, UNRCCA Representative visited the OSCE Academy in Bishkek to deliver a lecture on the role of the UNRCCA in preventive diplomacy in Central Asia for the students and faculty of the Academy. During the lecture the…
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon arrived in Freetown on Monday on a two-day visit on the invitation of President of Sierra Leone Ernest Bai
13 June 2010 - One hundred days from today, the world will mark the International Day of Peace – a day on which armed conflict is meant to be stilled… a day on which we appeal to combatants to observe a ceasefire… a day on…
14 June 2010 - Nafas Gul hides her face behind her long black veil, while she speaks of her suffering and shame. From Iran where he had gone in search of a job, her husband came back addicted to drugs—a dependence he soon…
NEW YORK - A human rights organization has called for the Afghan government, the UN Security Council and the humanitarian community to prioritize child protection, and end impunity for violators of children's rights. The…
12 June 2010 - Top UN envoy to Afghanistan Staffan de Mistura held a dialogue with Afghan women peace actors during the commemoration in Afghanistan of the week-long United Nations “Global Open Days for Women and Peace 2010.”…
KABUL - Transcript of press conference in Kabul by Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan. Staffan de Mistura: Thank you for being here. I would like to start again…
UN News Centre (New York) 12 June 2010 - It is essential that the momentum of the recent peace jirga held in Afghanistan is maintained and utilized to advance dialogue towards development and stability in the country, the top…
12 June 2010 - Staffan de Mistura, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Afghanistan, told reporters in Kabul today that the momentum of the Peace Jirga needs to be maintained. The way to do this, he said…
The Human Rights Section of UNIPSIL commissions a Human Rights Resource Center for the Western Area Human Rights Committee.
19 February 2010, Freetown - The United Nation Office in Sierra Leone through the UN Peace Building fund, on Friday 19th February 2010 donated items worth millions of Leones to the House of Parliament in Freetown. The…
The $1,000,000 USD from the Emergency Window Peacebuilding Fund was used to equip and train the Sierra Leone Police for crowd control, following an upsurge in violence that highlighted the need to strengthen their role in…