News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
New York, 26 September 2020 Almost 75 years since the adoption of the first General Assembly resolution in 1946 committed the United Nations to the goal of nuclear disarmament, our world continues to live in the shadow of…
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- REMARKS TO HIGH-LEVEL ROUNDTABLE ON CLIMATE AMBITION 24 September 2020 The world has a high fever and is burning up. Climate disruption is daily news – from devastating wildfires to record floods. The…
Mogadishu – With its key location along main international shipping routes and 3,300 kilometres of coastline, Somalia’s potential as a key maritime player came to the fore recently as it marked World Maritime Day. “The fact…
Tunis - On 23 September, Acting UN SRSG Stephanie Williams and the Ambassador-designate of the European Union to Libya, José Sabadell, as the rotating chair of the Economic Working Group (EWG) established by the Berlin…
Thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on the situation in Sudan and on the planning for our new mission in Sudan - UNITAMS. Mister President, When I addressed the Council on Sudan in…
Ambassadors met in person in the Economic and Social Council ( ECOSOC) Chamber at UN Headquarters in New York, where they were briefed by UN political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo, and the head of UN Peacekeeping, Jean…
New York, 24 September 2020 The theme of this year’s World Maritime Day – sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet – has gained extraordinary resonance as shipping has continued to transport more than 80 per cent of…
KABUL – High Council of National Reconciliation (HCNR) representatives were joined over the weekend by a group of Afghan youth and women from provinces around Kabul in a peace outreach event at which they presented a…
Joint Statement of the International Support Group for Lebanon 23 September 2020 1. A ministerial meeting of the members of the International Support Group (ISG) for Lebanon co-chaired by the United Nations Secretary-General…
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- REMARKS AT THE HIGH-LEVEL EVENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT GROUP FOR LEBANON 23 September 2020 Excellencies, Thank you for coming together to reaffirm your support for Lebanon, its people and its…
New York, 24 September 2020 Fifteen years ago at the World Summit, at a pivotal moment in our common pursuit of peace, leaders from every region unanimously adopted the responsibility to protect. Unable to prevent the…