News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
In his message, Ban Ki-moon linked the fight against drug abuse and illicit trafficking to the recently adopted Sustainable development Goals. “Goal 3 calls on countries to strengthen the prevention and treatment of narcotic…
SC Press Statement on Terrorist Attacks in Lebanon (27 June 2016)
United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Ms. Sigrid Kaag strongly condemned the four suicide bombings that took place at dawn this morning in the north-eastern Lebanese border town of El-Qaa, and which killed five…
A reinforced battalion of UN soldiers serving in Somalia have been feted for their distinguished service. The soldiers received medals and certificates at an awards ceremony presided by the United Nations Secretary-General…
Kuwait- The situation in Yemen is of profound concern to me.There is an alarming scarcity of basic food items. The economy is in precarious condition. Whilst the cessation of hostilities is mostly holding, there have been…
GARDEZ - Open and transparent government is a key public right, Paktya’s provincial governor, Nasratullah Arsala, said at a UN-backed ‘good governance’ event in south-east Paktya province. Mr. Arsala said his administration…
PRESS STATEMENT 16/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) in Somalia, Michael Keating, condemned in the strongest possible terms yesterday’s attack on the Naso Hablod Hotel, in the busy KM-4…
PRESS STATEMENT 16/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) in Somalia, Michael Keating, condemned in the strongest possible terms yesterday’s attack on the Naso Hablod Hotel, in the busy KM-4…
June 24 – Following three incidents in the past days that put access to health care in Benghazi under attack, the acting UN Humanitarian Coordinator and WHO Representative/ head of mission, Dr. Syed Jaffar Hussain, expresses…
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan – On 22-24 June, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Petko Draganov, visited Tashkent as part of…
The Somali National Leadership Forum (NLF) opened in the southwestern town of Baidoa, to fine tune processes that will lay the groundwork for the country’s electoral process in August. Somali President H.E Hassan Sheikh…
GARDEZ - In the south-eastern province of Paktya, where women generally do not take prominent roles in social and political life due to conservative cultural constraints, a recent UN-backed gathering spotlighted the issue and…