News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
Dakar, 12 September 2023 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simao, hosted, on 12 September 2023 in Dakar…
The Secretary-General is profoundly saddened by the severe impact of Storm Daniel and subsequent flooding that hit the eastern parts of Libya. The storm has claimed thousands of lives, with thousands more people missing…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simao, hosted, on 12 September 2023 in Dakar, Senegal, the 38 th. Meeting of…
Today, UN Special Coordinator Joanna Wronecka met with caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bouhabib. The Special Coordinator underlined that the adoption of Security Council Resolution 2695 on the renewal of UNIFIL’s mandate…
ADEN, 6 September 2023 - Major General Michael Beary, the Head of the United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA), arrived at Aden on 1 September for a series of meetings aimed at advancing peaceful…
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan On September 5, the UNRCCA Preventive Diplomacy Academy, in cooperation with the British Embassy in Turkmenistan, organized a training session for the participants and graduates from the countries of…
Dakar, 06 September 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, concluded a two-day visit to Guinea-Bissau…
The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, concluded a visit to Abu Dhabi at the United Arab Emirates, where he met with senior Emirati officials and Yemeni stakeholders. The visit comes as part of…
On 6 September, UNOAU participated in a Lessons Learned Exercise focused on the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), covering the 15 years of its operations prior to its passage and the establishment of the Africa…
Abdulsalam Al Shorehi To start, thank you once more, Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg and welcome. UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg Thank you very much for receiving me and for allowing me to be part of, this exchange…
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan On August 30, 2023, a seminar was organized for the graduates of the Academy of Preventive Diplomacy as part of the training for trainers’ program. The program of the seminar included two topics…
At the 4 th Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) devoted to the situation in Gabon, the Special Representative and Head of UNOCA, Abdou Abarry, pleaded for the establishment of…