News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
KABUL - Kicking off the world’s biggest listening exercise in Afghanistan, a group of youth representatives met in Kabul this week and shared their hopes and fears as part of the global UN75 initiative to create a collective…
The Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary General for Burundi (OSESG-B) held a retreat in Bujumbura, January 23, with the SDGs at the heart of discussions on a Work Plan for fiscal year 2020.
A recent report on the children fathered by U.N. peacekeepers in Haiti is deeply disturbing. So let us be clear: Sexual exploitation and abuse by U.N. personnel is unacceptable, and we are fully committed to the secretary…
Amman, 22 January 2020 - The UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, is deeply alarmed by the latest round of violence in Yemen which resulted in the death of many innocent civilians. Mr. Griffiths has been in contact…
Mogadishu – Somalia’s federal authorities and international partners today launched a plan requiring more than a $1 billion to provide much-needed humanitarian aid to some three million Somalis this year. “As we launch this…
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the formation of new Government in Lebanon The Secretary-General welcomes the announcement of the formation of a new Government of Lebanon today. He…
The Secretary-General welcomes the announcement of the formation of a new Government of Lebanon today. He looks forward to working with Prime Minister Hassan Diab and the incoming Council of Ministers, including in support of…
Statement of the International Support Group for Lebanon Beirut, 21 January 2020 Six weeks after the enlarged ISG meeting in Paris on 11 December 2019, the ISG at the Ambassadorial level met today in Beirut. The ISG notes…
Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, I brief you today amid heightened regional tensions that threaten to destabilize further an already volatile political and security environment. The Secretary-General has been…
I would like to express again my gratitude to the Germany authorities and Chancellor Merkel for their efforts in the past few months in order to push this process forward. This started I could say in a meeting I had the…
Chancellor Merkel, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, We are here for an urgent and pressing reason: to stop Libya’s downward spiral. I thank Chancellor Merkel for bringing us together to support efforts to end the conflict…
Amman, 19 January 2020 – The Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths condemns the escalation of military activities in Sana’a, Sa’dah and Marib governorates where airstrikes, missiles and ground attacks reportedly took…