News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
Dakar, 08 May 2025 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, concluded yesterday, a three-day visit to The…
Amman, 6 May 2025 - The UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, concluded today a visit to Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he met with the Yemeni Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shayea Al-Zindani, the Secretary…
On 7 May, the United Nations Operations and Crisis Centre (UNOCC) completed a two-day visit to the African Union Commission, facilitated by the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU) and organised by the AU…
On 7 May, SRSG Parfait Onanga-Anyanga attended the meeting by the AU PSC on Security Sector Reform (SSR), convened to discuss the AU support to Member States, including The Gambia, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali and South Sudan…
On 7 May, SRSG Parfait Onanga-Anyanga met with Ambassador Harold Bundu Safa of the Republic of Sierra Leone and the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) for the month of May , to exchange…
United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert commenced an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The trip is part of the Special Coordinator’s ongoing consultations with regional and…
TRIPOLI - The Advisory Committee (AC) successfully concluded its work and submitted yesterday to the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) its final report containing options and recommendations to address…
TRIPOLI - UNSMIL is alarmed by the video circulating on social media purporting to show House of Representatives member, Ibrahim Al-Dersi detained, chained and with visible signs of torture. Our thoughts are with his family…
On the occasion of Innovation Day last week, UNSCOL staff put on their VR headsets to watch the documentary movie "Dreaming of Lebanon." This interactive VR documentary, produced by UNSCOL and UNDDPA’s innovation cell, offers…
On Saturday, May 3, 2025, UNSCOL posted the following on its X account: "Press freedom is critical. In its absence, democracy dies. Human rights wither. Journalists must be able to work without concern for their safety or…
The Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, UN Women and other partners facilitated a technical-level working group meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, on 2 and 3 April 2025, to support the inclusion of gender and civil…
Today, the top United Nations official in Cyprus, Colin Stewart, hosted the Greek Cypriot leader, Nikos Christodoulides and the Turkish Cypriot leader, Ersin Tatar, at a meeting convened at the leaders’ initiative at Ledra…