News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
Mogadishu – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) is spearheading a capacity building campaign for the Somali National Army (SNA) as part of wider effort to improve security in Somalia. In order to identify…
Mogadishu – The Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Grete Faremo visited Mogadishu today to reiterate the UN’s commitment to its various development projects in Somalia. During the one…
Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, welcomed the recovery earlier today of the port city of Barawe from Al-Shabaab by the Somali National Army and African Union…
Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, welcomed the recovery earlier today of the port city of Barawe from Al-Shabaab by the Somali National Army and African Union…
KABUL - The most senior United Nations human rights official has asked Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani to stay the executions of five men sentenced to death following charges of armed robbery and adultery in the Paghman…
7 October 2014 - The UN Human Rights Committee, which monitors the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), is meeting in Geneva from 7 to 31 October. During this session, the…
3 October 2014- SRSG Miguel Trovoada has begun this Friday a series of visits to the sub region and outside the continent. The objective is to meet with Heads of State and governments, with the message that Guinea-Bissau has…
28 September 2014- The Special Representative of the UN SG for Guinea-Bissau (SRSG) today extended his condolences to the President of the Republic after the dealy car explosion over a land mine.Your Excellency It is with…
Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, welcomed the recovery earlier today of the port city of Barawe from Al-Shabaab by the Somali National Army and African Union…
Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, welcomed the recovery earlier today of the port city of Barawe from Al-Shabaab by the Somali National Army and African Union…
New York - My co-chairs: Excellencies Dr Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, and Mr. Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations. Ladies and Gentlemen. I am delighted to open today’s high-level meeting…
Your Excellency, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Your Excellency, Mr. Ban ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, Excellencies, Heads of State, Distinguished Guests…