News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
KABUL - Enhancing women’s participation in public life and finding solutions to the unique problems faced by rural Afghan women were on the agenda at a UN-backed event in Kabul attended by Provincial Governor Hamid Akram. The…
“The ongoing political impasse can and must be resolved,” the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Guinea-Bissau, Modibo Touré, told the Council. Mr. Touré, also the Head of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in…
Mr. President, I am grateful for this opportunity to brief the Security Council on the latest developments in the pursuit for peace in Yemen. The last month has been tragic for Yemen. The departure from Kuwait without an…
PRESS STATEMENT 23/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) in Somalia Michael Keating strongly condemned this morning’s truck bombing of the SYL Hotel in Mogadishu that killed at least 13 people and…
PRESS STATEMENT 23/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) in Somalia Michael Keating strongly condemned this morning’s truck bombing of the SYL Hotel in Mogadishu that killed at least 13 people and…
Beirut, Lebanon Tuesday, 30 August 2016 I have wanted to visit Ein El-Hilweh for quite some time because it’s one of the important camps. It’s also a camp of course that has particular needs and requirements. We know that in…
ASTANA, Kazakhstan – On 29-30 August, Ambassador Petko Draganov, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Head of UNRCCA, visited Kazakhstan in order to participate in the high level international conference…
JALALABAD - The critical importance of strengthening children’s rights was highlighted at an UN-backed radio debate broadcast out of the capital of Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar. A four-member panel consisting…
KANDAHAR - Defence lawyers have a key role to play in supporting fair and transparent criminal proceedings, said participants at a legal aid conference organized by the UN and the Afghanistan Independent Bar Association (AIBA…
PRESS STATEMENT 22/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) in Somalia Michael Keating welcomed the progress Somalia has achieved in promoting respect for human rights as the country observes…
PRESS STATEMENT 22/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) in Somalia Michael Keating welcomed the progress Somalia has achieved in promoting respect for human rights as the country observes…