News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
The new Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) and Chairman of the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission, Mr. Leonardo Santos Simão, took up…
Baidoa – South West State was the latest stop for the recently-appointed top United Nations official for Somalia, who today met that Federal Member State’s (FMS) leadership for a wide-ranging exchange on collaboration and…
Since the eruption of conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces on 15 April 2023, the security, human rights and humanitarian situation continue to rapidly deteriorate across the country…
As delivered Thank you so much, Mr. President. Let me begin by thanking you and your team for welcoming me to South West State, Baidoa. This is my second visit; I was here back in 1993 during the original UN mission to…
As delivered Thank you so much, Mr. President. Let me begin by thanking you and your team for welcoming me to South West State, Baidoa. This is my second visit; I was here back in 1993 during the original UN mission to…
HUDAYDAH, 13 June 2023 – UNMHA's Head of Mission and Chair of the Redeployment Coordination Committee Major General (rtd) Michael Beary briefed on the situation in Hudaydah in a closed session of the Security Council briefing…
The Council expressed deep concern over CAR stakeholders’ disagreement on the organisation of the Constitutional Referendum and called on all concerned stakeholders to peacefully resolve their political differences. The…
On 12 June, the SRSG to the AU and Head of UNOAU met with a delegation from the African Development Bank (AfDB) led by the AfDB Deputy Director-General for the East Africa Region, Dr. Abdul Kamara. Discussions focused on AfDB…
Garowe – Continuing her visits to the country’s Federal Member States, the recently-appointed top United Nations official for Somalia today visited Puntland where she met its leadership and hailed recent elections there.…
As delivered Thank you so much, Mr. President. Let me begin by thanking you and your team for welcoming me to South West State, Baidoa. This is my second visit; I was here back in 1993 during the original UN mission to…
As delivered Thank you, Mr. President. Let me begin by extending my great appreciation for the very warm welcome that I have received today from you and your cabinet ministers. I am only on day five of my time in Somalia, but…
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Colombia The Secretary-General congratulates the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) for the agreements they announced in…