News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
Madam President, Members of the Security Council, Since Special Coordinator Wennesland’s last briefing to the Council on 27 June, the deterioration of the security situation in the occupied West Bank has continued, punctuated…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Léonardo Santos Simão, is deeply concerned by current events in Niger, which indicate an…
From 25 to 27 July, UNOAU attended a Methodology and Planning Workshop on the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC)-mandated study on ‘Youth, Migration, Peace and Security in Africa, including the situation of…
On 27 July, UNOAU participated, with other UN partners, in the monthly African Union Compliance and Accountability Framework Project (AUCF) meeting. Participants were drawn from UN offices which jointly support the AUCF…
From 25 to 27 July, UNOAU in collaboration with the Department of Operational Support (DOS), supported the AU in the design and delivery of a Training of Trainers (ToT) Course in Correspondence and Report Writing. The aim of…
How does your country’s border define you? Your nationality, the laws you abide by, the land your property resides on? For many, these exist as fundamental certainties. Yet for families living along the Cameroonian/Nigerian…
TRIPOLI, 26 July 2023 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) takes note of the approval of a roadmap and the announcement of nominations for a new government by the House of Representatives (HoR). The Mission…
As the United Nations Support Mission in Libya intensifies efforts to engage political leaders to establish a consensual path to elections, military and security actors in Libya will play an important role as key enablers of…
Dakar, 25 July 2023 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Léonardo Santos Simão, today presented to the United Nations Security…
UNVMC Commission visited the Alto Sinú indigenous reservation to verify and coordinate aid for the health and security crisis Between June 12 and 16, the UN Verification Mission in Colombia organized an inter-institutional…
***As delivered *** Distinguished members of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission, Excellencies present in person and online, First, I want to express my appreciation to all of you for attending this Security Working Group…
Experts and representatives of Member States of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa (UNSAC) have reached another milestone in the process of “ownership, political endorsement…