News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Petko Draganov of Bulgaria as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central…
NEW YORK - Speaking on the day the mission’s mandate was renewed for another 12 months, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Nicholas Haysom , briefed the Security Council today on…
KUNAR - More than 30 women’s rights activists from Kunar province received training on Afghan laws relating to violence against women, as well as judicial procedures and mechanisms in order to help victims of violence get…
“We have had consultations today with the different parties. We continued our work in this dialogue on substantial issues and also on the organization of our work. And after listening both to the participants that are here in…
Skhirat, Morocco, 13 March 2015 - Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and the head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Bernardino Leon, held on Friday 13 March 2015 meetings with…
Amman, Jordan, March 13, 2014 - The United Nations with the Swedish Institute in Alexandria facilitated a learning event on Conflict Resolution and Mediation Skills for Libyan women.The event brought together women activists…
13 March 2015 - The handover ceremony of five volumes of the Model Police Manual, out of 10, in a total of 1.500 copies today took place at the headquarters of the Public Order Police (POP), in Bissau, with the support of…
Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, condemns, in the strongest terms, today’s attack in Baidoa town in Somalia’s Interim South West Administration, which…
Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, condemns, in the strongest terms, today’s attack in Baidoa town in Somalia’s Interim South West Administration, which…
Algiers, Algeria – 11 March 2015 - Algeria has graciously hosted a meeting of a number of leaders of Libyan political parties and political personalities. The meeting convened in the capital of Algiers on Tuesday and…
KANDAHAR - Juveniles in a detention facility in Kandahar were provided with books and stationary items earlier this week, as one part of the multi-faceted support provided by the United Nations Assistance Mission in…