News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
11 February 2015 - Women's organizations of Bissau-Guinean civil society today handed over to the Head of State, José Mario Vaz, the Declaration of Canchungo at a ceremony attended by the UN family led by the Deputy Special…
The situation on the ground can be described through many different ways, most of the Libyans I believe are pushing us and their political representatives and militias to negotiate. A minority, but a noisy minority and people…
We are publishing today a report*, which will be formally presented to the Human Rights Council in March, describing the situation of human rights in Libya during 2014. It paints a bleak picture of increasing turmoil and…
NEW YORK - The Taliban’s involvement in criminal activity, including narcotics trafficking, illicit mining, collusion with mafias and kidnapping for ransom, appears to be increasing, a new UN Security Council Committee report…
09 February 2015 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is facilitating a meeting of Libyan political dialogue to end the country’s political and security crisis. The meeting will take place in Libya later…
Mogadishu – International partners welcome approval of new Federal Cabinet by Parliament The United Nations, African Union, European Union, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), United Kingdom and United States…
International partners welcome approval of new Federal Cabinet by Parliament Mogadishu – The United Nations, African Union, European Union, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), United Kingdom and United States…
TASHKENT - Nicholas Haysom, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, met on Monday in Tashkent with Abdulazis Komilov, the Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan.During his two-day visit to the Central Asian…
Mogadishu – The United Nations, African Union, European Union, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), United Kingdom and United States of America welcome the approval of the new Cabinet list by the Federal…
Mogadishu – The United Nations, African Union, European Union, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), United Kingdom and United States of America welcome the approval of the new Cabinet list by the Federal…
KABUL - To promote reproductive health, youth empowerment, gender equality and the access to and use of accurate data in the country, the Government of Afghanistan and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) signed a new…
The Secretary-General Special Envoy and Head of the UN Electoral Observation Mission for Burundi visited CENI's data processing center on 8 February 2015.