News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
A full month of almost daily sessions with a diverse range of groups including civil society, women’s rights organizations, resistance committees, political parties, young women activists, academics, journalists, youth…
The Secretary-General is following closely the situation in Libya. He takes note of the vote taken on Thursday, 10 February, by the House of Representatives in consultation with the High State Council to adopt the…
The International Support Group for Lebanon (ISG) met in Beirut today to review preparations for the upcoming parliamentary elections. Echoing the Security Council press statement on Lebanon of 4 February 2022, and recalling…
Hybrid press briefing by the Deputy Secretary-General to discuss her recent trip to Ethiopia, held on February 11, 2022.
Dakar, 10 February 2022 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh ANNADIF, today paid a one-day visit to Guinea-Bissau…
Today, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Ms. Joanna Wronecka, visited southern Lebanon including Sidon, Bissariye, Sarafand and Amraa. She met with the Directorate of General Security, visited a collective…
New York, 11 February 2022 Today, only one in three science and engineering researchers in the world is a woman. Structural and societal barriers prevent women and girls from entering and advancing in science . The COVID-19…
Dakar, 09 February 2022 - After having carried out a joint mission with ECOWAS to Burkina Faso on 31 January, and participated in the Extraordinary Session of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government on the political…
Statement by the United Nations Spokesperson in Cyprus Nicosia, 09 February 2022 – In response to the request of the United Nations Security Council in its Resolution 2587 (2021), the Greek Cypriot leader, Mr. Nicos…
New York – Female genital mutilation is an abhorrent human rights violation that causes profound and permanent harm to women and girls around the world. Every year, over 4 million girls are at risk of this extreme form of…
New York - Female genital mutilation is an abhorrent human rights violation that causes profound and permanent harm to women and girls around the world. Every year, over 4 million girls are at risk of this extreme form of…
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the 35th Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the AU, which was held in Addis Ababa on Feb 5th and 6th, via a video message. He was represented by UN Deputy…