News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
The Quibdó Regional Office team was in a dialogue with the representatives of women's organizations of Chocó Department that make up the "Women, Peace and Security Table". In the event, the UN Mission presented the final…
KABUL - The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan strongly condemns yesterday’s attack that killed at least 15 civilians and injured more than 40. Facts in the incident have now become clear. The detonation of a vehicle-borne…
Nairobi, 23 March 2018 – UN Women of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) convened a symposium on Women, Peace and Security in Nairobi, Kenya, on 22-23 March 2018. The two-day symposium was a follow up to…
Tunis, 23 March 2018 – The Government of Libya and the United Nations discussed new way forward to support Libya in a round of consultations on the United Nations Strategic Framework (UNSF) for the period 2019-2020 and…
The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) Youth Forum – Kenya Chapter hosted a one-day workshop on the “Role of Youth towards Sustainable Development Goals and United Nations Security Council Resolution…
The UN and World Bank Group (WBG) concluded on Friday a three-year Compact for Lebanon. Building on a long history of collaboration globally and locally, the 2018-2020 Partnership Compact seeks to leverage the two…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, calls on all parties and political leaders to help maintain peace and…
After decades of war, which left Somalia languishing without a central government, Somali women are taking charge of the country’s destiny by improving the lives of hundreds of people. Through their initiatives—small and big…
JALALABAD - Education is an essential foundation for improving women’s rights, said panellists in a UN-backed radio discussion broadcast live to Nangarhar audiences in and around the provincial capital of Jalalabad. In the…
The historic gains of women in parliamentary voting during Somalia’s 2016 electoral process could not have been achieved without the dedicated work of grassroots activists like Mulki Ibrahim Ahmed. As a girl growing up in the…
NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly terrorist attack that took place in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 21 March, on Nowruz, which resulted in at least 33 people…
Thank you Madame president. President, Members of the Security Council, Let me at the outset congratulate the Kingdom of the Netherlands on the Presidency of the Security Council. I brief you today from Tripoli, where I now…