News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
Mogadishu – Somalia’s pool of academic skills deepened recently with the conferring of a range of postgraduate degrees to 166 students – including the country’s president. The event brought together 29 women and 137 men to a…
Mogadishu – Marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), the United Nations in Somalia today commended the Somali authorities for their progress in recognizing the rights of persons with disabilities and…
Mogadishu – Marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), the United Nations in Somalia today commended the Somali authorities for their progress in recognizing the rights of persons with disabilities and…
KABUL - UN Secretary-General’s special envoy for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, carried out a two-day mission this week to the country’s north, including a brief visit to the Uzbek border town of Termez, discussing UN support…
Eighty women residents of Khartoum met over two workshops to discuss women’s priorities for the transition and beyond. The workshops in Khartoum launched a nation-wide consultative process organized by the United Nations…
On a visit to Kerenik locality at El Geneina, Darfur, a delegation from UNITAMS assessed the security and humanitarian situation in the aftermath of the violent outbreaks of April and June 2022, and met government officials…
1. On 1 December 2022, the African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, and the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, António Guterres, held the 6th African Union-United Nations Annual Conference in Addis…
Mesdames et messieurs les représentants des médias, Je remercie le Président Moussa Faki Mahamat des échanges que nous avons eus aujourd’hui. Dès que j’ai pris mes fonctions de Secrétaire général, je me suis engagé à…
The UN Security Council (UNSC) raised alarm over the continued death and injury of civilians by landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) in Yemen during the latest security council session on Yemen held on Tuesday 22…
Desert Locusts | FAO's use of biopesticides helps win battle against desert locusts For decades, chemical pesticides have been the only solution to controlling desert locust numbers. But this approach can impact more than…
I think my opening comments will be basically what I said to the Security Council, so just to highlight, of course, that I have spent most of the time on the situation on the ground, with the escalation we are seeing there…