News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Guinea-Bissau, Rosine Coulibaly and Mohamed Ibn Chambas, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General of West Africa and Sahel and UNOWAS Head…
PRESS STATEMENT 26/2019 Mogadishu – At the start of the annual global 16-day campaign against sexual and gender-based violence, the United Nations in Somalia today highlighted the importance of progress in this area. “Gender…
Mogadishu – On 21 November 2019, the Members of the Security Council were briefed on the situation in Somalia by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, James Swan, the Special Representative of the…
On 21 November 2019, the Members of the Security Council were briefed on the situation in Somalia by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, James Swan, the Special Representative of the African Union…
KABUL - Marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls, and the start of 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence, the UN in Afghanistan calls on the Government and the Afghan…
This evening I met informally with the leader of the Greek Cypriot Community, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, and the leader of the Turkish Cypriot Community, Mr Mustafa Akıncı, to take stock of efforts toward reaching a comprehensive…
It is with profound sadness that the UN family in Afghanistan confirms the killing tonight of a colleague, as well as injuries to two others, when a UN-marked vehicle was attacked in Kabul. Our deepest condolences are with…
The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack on a United Nations vehicle in Kabul today, which killed a United Nations colleague and injured two others. He expresses his deepest condolences to the family of the victim…
Abuja, 22 November 2019- As part of the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2349 (2017), the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, and the system-wide UN strategy on the Lake Chad Basin crisis, the…
Thank you very much, Madam President Members of this Council may recall that, after the events in the south in August of this year, I called for decisive action to seize the opportunities available for peace in Yemen. And…
Mogadishu – The Mogadishu Tech Summit closed in the Somali capital today amidst words of praise and encouragement from the government and the United Nations, and pledges worth millions of dollars in support of technological…
I had a very good discussion with the Council both in the open and in the closed session afterward. You would have heard that there was full support to the work that we are doing in Geneva – of course, they welcomed the…