News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
On 14 June, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) to the African Union and Head of UNOAU, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, participated in the fourth Strategic Dialogue on the UN Secretary-General’s Peace Building…
Dakar, 13 June 2022 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office in West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh ANNADIF learnt with dismay of the attack which took place on…
New York, 13 June 2022 Every year on 21 September, the United Nations calls on all people to lay down weapons and reaffirm their commitment to living in harmony with one another. Today, as we mark the 100-day countdown to the…
The Security Council today (July 13) renewed the mandate of the UN mission to support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) for one year until July 14, 2023. The resolution commends the current truce and calls for the truce to be…
Cairo, Egypt | 12-19 June 2022 Ladies and Gentleman, Honourable Members of the Joint Committee of the House of Representatives and High Council of State, it is a pleasure to be here today to inaugurate this third and final…
TRIPOLI, 10 June 2022 - UNSMIL has received reports of clashes in Tripoli last night between armed groups, which endangered the lives of civilians, and separately of mobilization of armed groups, along with heavy weapons…
Today, UN-Habitat in the presence of Mihara Kiyoshi, representative of Ambassador of Japan to Lebanon; H.E. Przemysław Niesiołowski, Polish Ambassador to Lebanon; Mardig Boghossian, Mayor of Bourj Hammoud; and, Joanna…
Mogadishu – The United Nations in Somalia today congratulated President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on his inauguration, and said it looks forward to working with his administration in support of achieving national priorities. The…
[As prepared for delivery] Ladies and Gentlemen, New York – I am speaking to you today because Somalia is on the brink of a devastating and widespread hunger and mass starvation that could claim hundreds of thousands of lives…
[As prepared for delivery] Ladies and Gentlemen, I am speaking to you today because Somalia is on the brink of a devastating and widespread hunger and mass starvation that could claim hundreds of thousands of lives. Since the…
; New York, 8 June 2022 Last month, the World Meteorological Organization revealed that four key climate indicators broke new records in 2021: sea level rise; ocean heat; ocean acidification; and greenhouse gas concentrations…
