News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, is closely monitoring developments in Baidoa, including the outcome of today’s conference, and has taken note of the Federal…
KABUL - While welcoming the first report of the Government of Afghanistan on the implementation of a landmark law that seeks to stem violence against women, a senior human rights official with the United Nations Assistance…
Tripoli, 03 March 2014 – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) strongly condemns the attack on the General National Congress and the assault against its members as well as the vandalizing of the premises. The…
It is hard to recapture the excitement felt at a first post-revolution election, but the elections of the Constitution-Drafting Assembly on 20 February 2014, coming amid sharp political divisions and security instability…
The Head of UNOCA and the Secretary General of ECCAS in consultations The crisis in Central African Republic (CAR) was at the heart of a working session of more than one hour and thirty minutes on Thursday 27 February between…
28 February 2014 – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Magdalena Sepúlveda, today called on the political and military authorities of Guinea-Bissau “to address the critical needs of the…
New York –The members of the Security Council are appalled by today’s terrorist attack in Somalia for which Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility. The members of the Security Council condemned the attack in the strongest…
New York – The members of the Security Council are appalled by today’s terrorist attack in Somalia for which Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility. The members of the Security Council condemned the attack in the strongest…
It is hard to recapture the excitement felt at a first post-revolution election, but the elections of the Constitution-Drafting Assembly on 20 February 2014, coming amid sharp political divisions and security instability…
26 February 2014 - The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Raimonda MurmokaitÄ ( Lithuania). On 26 February 2014, the members of the Security Council were briefed by the Special…
25 February 2014 - The first course in Portuguese for foreigners and embassies in Guinea-Bissau was inaugurated by the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG), José Ramos-Horta, at Brazilian Cultural Center…
25 February 2014 - A seminar on the implementation mechanisms of international and national legal instruments to promote human rights , for the Public Order Police ( POP ) , Judicial Police ( PJ ) , prosecutors and judicial…