News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
1 July 2015 - The members of the Security Council welcomed the meeting of the participants in the Libyan political dialogue in Morocco on 25-28 June, facilitated by the Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG)…
GENEVA, June 30 (UNHCR) – Increased fighting in Libya since the start of the year had led to almost a doubling in the number of displaced people in the country to more than 434,000 from an estimated 230,000 last September…
New York The Secretary-General repeats his call for an immediate end to the fighting in Yemen to help stem the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in the country. He calls on the parties to agree, at the very minimum, on an…
Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG) Nicholas Kay congratulated the people and Government of Somalia on their 55th Independence Anniversary. He commended the efforts they are…
Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG) Nicholas Kay congratulated the people and Government of Somalia on their 55th Independence Anniversary. He commended the efforts they are…
Beirut, Lebanon Tuesday, 30 June 2015 Today, HE the Minister of Defense Samir Mokbel and Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces Major-General Jean Kahwagi hosted United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag on a…
Title: The UN efforts to prevent violent extremism ASTANA, Kazakhstan Excellencies, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, Allow me to express a word of gratitude to the Kazakh authorities for hosting this important gathering in…
BAMYAN - Women role models are encouraging girls to prioritize education and take a more active role in Afghan society as part of a series of UN-backed events around the country. At the latest event, organized by the United…
New York – The members of the Security Council strongly condemn the attack on 26 June against the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base camp in Leego, perpetrated by Al-Shabaab, which has caused the death and injury…
New York – The members of the Security Council strongly condemn the attack on 26 June against the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base camp in Leego, perpetrated by Al-Shabaab, which has caused the death and injury…
NEW YORK - Speaking to the UN News Centre, Mr. Haysom – the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) – said it would be “disastrous” if the country was forgotten…