News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomes the renewed efforts for the implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement He trusts that the rapid response plan to accelerate the implementation of the Agreement will translate into…
9 October 2024 Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues. It has been one year. One year since the cessation of hostilities across the Blue Line gave way to near-daily exchanges of fire. Exchanges of fire that…
(As Delivered) Mister President, (Switzerland) You may recall that in my last briefing to the Security Council on 20 August, I had focused extensively on unilateral measures by various Libyan sides and the instability they…
The nightmare in Gaza is now entering an atrocious, abominable second year. This has been a year of crises. Humanitarian crisis. Political crisis. Diplomatic crisis. And a moral crisis. Over the last year -- following the…
One year since near-daily exchanges of fire commenced across the Blue Line, initiated by Hizbullah propelling rockets into Shab‘a Farms, in violation of the cessation of hostilities and Security Council resolution 1701 (2006)…
The nightmare in Gaza is now entering an atrocious, abominable second year. This has been a year of crises. Humanitarian crisis. Political crisis. Diplomatic crisis. And a moral crisis. Over the last year -- following the…
One year since near-daily exchanges of fire commenced across the Blue Line, initiated by Hizbullah propelling rockets into Shab‘a Farms, in violation of the cessation of hostilities and Security Council resolution 1701 (2006)…
In response to the rapidly worsening humanitarian situation in Lebanon and its spillover effects into Syria, United Nations Deputy Special Envoy for Syria, Ms. Najat Rochdi, convened an emergency meeting of the Humanitarian…
New York – James Swan, acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), briefed the Security Council in New York alongside Mohammed El-Amine Souef, Head of the…
(As delivered, New York) Madam President, distinguished members of the Council, Thank you for the opportunity to provide an update on the situation in Somalia. I am pleased to do so alongside the Somali Minister of Foreign…
SRSG/DSASG Colin Stewart gave an opening address at the 2024 Cyprus Forum. Representing the UN family organizations in Cyprus, Stewart noted the recent adoption by UN member states the Pact for the Future, a wide-ranging…