News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
As the UN marks 75 years of its special political missions, Politically Speaking talks with the Secretary-General’s Representatives and Envoys about their current work and how they view the future of diplomacy for peace…
On 18 April, the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) convened its 1149th session virtually at the Ministerial level to discuss the Libya national reconciliation process. The session was chaired by H.E. Nabil…
Security Council Press Statement on Colombia - SC/15259 The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vassily A. Nebenzia (Russian Federation): The members of the Security Council…
Question: Thanks, Special Envoy. Michelle Nichols from Reuters on behalf of the UN Correspondents Association. Thanks so much for taking the time to brief us. Just wondering if you can give us any idea what has actually been…
Thank you, Mr. President Mr. President , one year on since the parties agreed to a truce under UN auspices, Yemen is again at a critical juncture. The truce has continued to deliver well beyond its expiration six months ago…
The Trilateral Mechanism comprised of the AU-IGAD-UN reiterates the importance of having a humanitarian pause -which was not fully upheld yesterday- urging the leadership of both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan and Head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), Mr. Volker Perthes, is extremely disappointed that the Humanitarian…
General Burhan, the Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces, and General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, Commander of the Rapid Support Forces have agreed to a proposal by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan and Head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission (UNITAMS) Mr. Volker Perthes strongly condemned attack on UN staff and humanitarian assets…
The AUPSC issued a communiqué adopted at its 1149th meeting, held on 16 April, on the situation in Sudan. The communiqué notes with grave concern and alarm the deadly clashes between the SAF and the RSF, strongly condemning…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan and Head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), Mr. Volker Perthes, strongly condemns the eruption of fighting in Sudan…
Nairobi, 1 3 April 2023 - The 33 rd meeting of the Technical Support Committee of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework agreement for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes region took…