News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
Mister President, Members of the Security Council, At the outset, I welcome the ongoing engagement between senior Israeli and Palestinian officials. I strongly encourage a further expansion of such efforts which can improve…
ISTANBUL, Turkey On 12 – 15 October 2021, UNRCCA Preventive Diplomacy Academy (PDA) and UNOCT co-organized the Central Asian Youth Dialogue in Istanbul, Turkey, in a hybrid format with 34 PDA students and graduates from all…
As part of the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 2349 (2017), the Special Representatives of the Secretary-General for Central and for Africa for West Africa and the Sahel, François Louncény FALL…
FIGHT AGAINST BOKO HARAM: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES LOUNCENY FALL AND MAHAMAT ANNADIF BEGIN A JOINT HIGH-LEVEL VISIT TO CAMEROON AND CHAD Dakar - Libreville, 18 October 2021 - As part of the implementation of United Nations…
Very good to see you all. Pleased that we can meet like this as Jenifer said. It is now close to two years since we had the first meeting of the Constitutional Committee. Then, as you will recall, 150 members met here in…
New York, 17 October 2021 Poverty is a moral indictment of our times. For the first time in two decades, extreme poverty is on the rise. Last year, around 120 million people fell into poverty as the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked…
Mogadishu – Like so many young Somalis, Dr. Samia Mohamed Elmi is a passionate user of social media, especially Twitter. She has become a well-known social media influencer with close to 40,000 followers on Twitter, and with…
NEW YORK - The Secretary-General strongly condemns the despicable attack today on the Imam Baragah mosque in Kandahar City, Afghanistan. The Secretary General expresses his deep condolences to the bereaved families and wishes…
SAINT PETERSBURG, Russian Federation
UNITAMS participated in the opening of the Sudan Regional Training Centre for Humanitarian Mine Action on 14 October 2021. The Center aims at providing strengthened mine action capacity to the national authority and national…
Thank you, Mr. President, Thank you for the opportunity to present the latest report of the Secretary-General on Colombia and to update you on important developments since the issuance of the report. It is a pleasure, Mr…
New York, 15 October 2021 World Food Day is not only a reminder of the importance of food to every person on the planet — it is a call to action to achieve food security around the world. Today, almost 40 per cent of humanity…