News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
New York, 30 August 2021 Enforced disappearance – while strictly prohibited under international human rights law in all circumstances – continues to be used across the world as a method of repression, terror, and stifling…
People Trafficking | UNODC helps train Somali state attorneys with prosecuting people traffickers Eight Somali prosecutors received training from UNODC and the Attorney General’s Office on international cooperation in the…
New York, 29 August 2021 Today marks the 30th anniversary of the closure of Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in Kazakhstan, the largest nuclear test site in the Soviet Union. The closure of that site, where more than 450…
The Secretary-General expresses his deep concern about the rapidly deteriorating socio-economic situation in Lebanon. The people of Lebanon are struggling every day with hyperinflation, acute shortages of fuel, electricity…
UNITAMS SRSG Mr. Volker Perthes paid a two-day visit to River Nile State in northeastern Sudan on 24-25 August 2021. He was accompanied by Mr. Eddie Rowe, WFP Resident Representative in Sudan. The delegation arrived at Atbara…
TRIPOLI, 26 August 2021 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomes the creation of a new joint force, from both sides of the demarcation lines, comprising the 166 Battalion for Protection and Security and…
Mogadishu – Somalia’s international partners* welcome the convening of the National Consultative Council (NCC) on 21 and 22 August, and commend the regular NCC consultation towards furthering the electoral process. We note…
Mogadishu – Somalia’s international partners* welcome the convening of the National Consultative Council (NCC) on 21 and 22 August, and commend the regular NCC consultation towards furthering the electoral process. We note…
Kismayo – Displaced and marginalized women in the Somali federal states of Jubaland and South West State will soon receive a boost in efforts to build their resilience, self-reliance and leadership skills thanks to a new…
Mr. President, I am pleased to join you today to brief the Security Council on current developments in Yemen. Unfortunately, since the last Council session on Yemen there has been no further progress in the UN’s ongoing…
A need for production and periodic and timely issue of the Bulletin as an information product for timely collection and dissemination of information on water-related, environmental, and climatic situation in the Aral Sea…