News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
MEHTARIAM - At a UN-backed event on women’s participation in peace and sustainable development, community leaders and government representatives gathered in the capital of the eastern Laghman province to stress that women…
New-York- The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed condemns in the strongest terms the attack on the De-escalation and Coordination Committee building in Dhahran Al-Janoub. “It is especially tragic…
KABUL - A new facility for Afghanistan’s Anti-Corruption Justice Centre (ACJC) opened today in a formal inauguration ceremony attended by government officials and members of the international community, including UNAMA…
New York, 27 January 2017 / United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has designated Diego García-Sayán of Peru as member of the Selection Mechanism mandated to select judges and other officials for the Special…
KABUL - The United Nations remains firmly committed to Afghanistan and its people, said Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, following a four-day visit to Afghanistan that concluded Friday. Mr…
Briefing by Mr. Michael Keating, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), at the 7873rd meeting of the Security Council on the situation…
The event is organized by the Commission for the Organization of the National Conference "Pathways to Peace and Development" (COCN) aiming at: raising national awareness about the importance of dealing with the past for…
The representatives of the Guarantors of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the region (PSC Framework) held their third meeting in Addis, Ethiopia, on 27 January 2017…
Tunis, Tunisia - The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Libya is hosting a Protection Training on 24 – 27 January 2017. The main objective for these four-day activities is to enhance…
UNSMIL’s corrections team visited Tobruk prison on 26 January 2017. Colonel Mohammed Saleh, the Director of the Green Mountain branch of the Judicial Police, accompanied the mission, along with Major Joma’ah Juad, the…
1. Following the Decision of the Summit of the ECOWAS Authority taken on 17th December 2016 in Abuja, Nigeria, Mediation efforts, including visits to Banjul, were undertaken by the Chair of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of…
The Gambian President Adama Barrow has indicated that he will return to his homeland on Thursday, accompanied by a senior UN official. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel ( UNOWAS), is due…