News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
17 December 2015 – Today is an historic day for Libya. Five months ago, on 11 July 2015, the initialling of the Libyan Political Agreement showed the broad consensus on a framework for ending months of destructive violence…
The message of the Special Representative of the Secretary-general and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, to the 48th Ordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African…
NEW YORK - The latest quarterly report on the situation in Afghanistan and the activities of the United Nations in the country is available. Read the report here. Coming up on 21 December, the UN Secretary-General’s Special…
KABUL - The First Lady of Afghanistan, Rula Ghani, welcomed around 300 professional women to a summit in Kabul today aimed both at celebrating women’s role in the technology sector and encouraging more women into the field…
16 December 2015 – The signing of the Libyan Political Agreement is due to take place tomorrow, 17 December 2015 as agreed to by the Libyan political dialogue and as welcomed by the United Nations Security Council and by the…
The United Nations, the African Union, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, the European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Italy welcomed the Mogadishu Declaration issued yesterday at the…
The United Nations, the African Union, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, the European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Italy welcomed the Mogadishu Declaration issued yesterday at the…
DAIKUNDI - The promotion of women’s participation in Afghan politics was the focus of a UNAMA-supported panel discussion held in western Daikundi province. Around 120 specialists from a variety of fields, including…
NEW YORK - Amid rising levels of violence in Afghanistan that has now spread across a large part of the country, a top UN envoy reported progress in the ability to provide relief aid to those in need as all parties to the…
H.E. The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, H.E. The Speaker of the Federal Parliament, Mohammed Osman Jawari, H.E. The Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Omar Abdirashid Ali…
The objective of the meeting was to review progress in the implementation of the respective UN mandates in the region, to strengthen coordination in order to address common challenges in the areas of elections, security…
Kigali, 15 December 2015 - United Nations (UN), African Union (AU) European Union (EU), United States (US) Envoys accredited to the Great Lakes region of Africa conducted a regional tour from 9-15 December 2015. They visited…