News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
I am gravely concerned by the escalating violence in Syria today. I am deeply concerned by the alarming reports of a drone attack on the graduation ceremony of a military academy in Homs, which the Government attributed to…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations (UN) are closely following the progress towards Liberia’s presidential and legislative elections scheduled to take place on 10 October 2023. The…
THE SECRETARY GENERAL ACKNOWLEDGES PROGRESS TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FINAL PEACE AGREEMENT AND THE SET IN MOTION OF INITIATIVES TO CONSOLIDATE PEACE IN COLOMBIA Bogotá, 5 October 2023. - In his most recent report on…
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan
The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, visited Muscat and met the Omani Foreign Minister, Badr Al Bousaidi, and other senior Omani officials to discuss recent developments and progress in the UN…
Opening remarks by SRSG Parfait at the 8th Informal Joint Seminar between the AUPSC & members of the UNSC, held at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, the two Councils reflected on thematic issues, including financing for AU…
On 5 October, 2023, the UN Security Council (UNSC) members held their eighth informal joint seminar with the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC). The informal seminars have been organised since 2016 to encourage…
The UN Regional Office for Central Africa is hiring a Consultant for political economy analysis on either A) illicit financial flow and/or B) other illicit activities at sea in the Gulf of Guinea (home-based desk review with…
SRSG Parfait Onanga-Anyanga participated in a High-Level side event in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) and the UN Secretary-General’s New Agenda for Peace, convened by the Permanent Representatives…
TRIPOLI – 3 October 2023 – In September, the UN launched a training programme for 30 young women from across Libya aimed at improving their communication, leadership and advocacy skills as well as increasing their knowledge…
Port-au-Prince, October 2, 2023 The Security Council just voted to approve the deployment of a Multinational Security Support mission in Haiti. This is a positive and decisive step to bring peace and stability to the country…