News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen Hans Grundberg continued his peace efforts this week in Muscat, Oman. On Tuesday, Grundberg met senior Omani officials and expressed appreciation for Oman’s consistent…
GENEVA/PORT-AU-PRINCE (28 November 2023) - A new UN report out today details a further, shocking rise in gang violence in Haiti as criminal gangs forge alliances and expand to rural areas previously considered safe– killing…
The Member States of the United Nations Permanent Advisory Committee on Security Issues in Central Africa (UNSAC), meeting in Kigali from 20 to 24 November 2023 during their 56 th session, decided to organize in the course of…
BISHKEK, Kyrgyz Republic
On 28 November 2023, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat convened the seventh African Union-United Nations Annual Conference in New York. They…
On 28 November 2023, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat convened the seventh African Union-United Nations Annual Conference in New York. They…
On 28 November, the Secretary-General chaired the United Nations-African Union 7th Annual Conference with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, to discuss cooperation on peace and security…
“During the four-day humanitarian pause which started on 24 November, we have seen the release of 51 Israeli and 18 foreign hostages, including women and children, who have been held in Gaza since their abduction by Hamas and…
As part of the mandate entrusted to it by the United Nations Permanent Advisory Committee on Security Issues in Central Africa (UNSAC) during its 55 th session organized in May 2023 in Sao Tome, the delegation of Cameroon…
Dakar, 26 November 2023 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, condemns the attempted overnight forcible…
TRIPOLI, 26 November 2023 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) stands united with Libyan defenders of women’s rights in supporting the 16 days of activism for the elimination of violence against women and…
Mogadishu – Marking the start of the annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, the United Nations in Somalia today called for more progress in fighting this scourge, with a focus on three areas: the adoption…