News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
Lack of Attention to the Humanitarian Crisis in Libya Exacerbates the Suffering of Libyans and Migrants 19 August 2016 - For Libya, this World Humanitarian Day serves as a strong reminder of the urgent need to address the…
Arabic version Geneva (19 August 2016) - On 11 August, the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, made a particular appeal for the medical the evacuation of people with urgent needs from the besieged…
The Secretary-General is alarmed by the escalation of airstrikes and ground fighting in Yemen and along the Saudi Arabia-Yemen border since the end of talks in Kuwait on 6 August. Civilians, including children, are paying the…
SdeM: Good afternoon. Today we had a very short meeting of the Humanitarian Task Force. It lasted not more than 8 minutes. I decided to use my privilege as Chair to declare that there was no sense in have a humanitarian…
Arabic version Geneva ( 18 August 2016) - The Special Envoy for Syria, this morning, cut short the regular International Syria Support Group (ISSG) Humanitarian Taskforce meeting, and made, on behalf of the Secretary-General…
The bodies formed to implement Somalia’s 2016 electoral process at the state and regional levels received an in-depth briefing on the process from the Federal Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (FIEIT) during three days…
KANDAHAR - To help students know more about the work of the UN in Afghanistan, more than 100 students and their teachers participated in a UNAMA-backed event in the southern city Kandahar. “I learned a lot about the UN,” said…
The Secretary-General notes that the parties to the conflict in Yemen have damaged or destroyed over 70 health centers, including three other MSF-supported facilities. He is deeply disturbed by the intensification of…
JALALABAD - Relying on democratic processes in Afghan society is of critical importance, said panellists at a UNAMA-backed TV roundtable in Jalalabad, the provincial capital of eastern Nangarhar province. “Democracy is…
Source: UN News Centre 15 August 2016 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined his envoys from the Great Lakes Region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today in strongly condemning the killing of…
Nairobi, 15 August 2016 – United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, Said Djinnit, condemns the massacre of at least 36 people, including women, in the area of Beni, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)…
PRESS STATEMENT 20/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating. welcomed the signing into law of the National Human Rights Commission bill by Somalia’s Federal President…