News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
11 January 2014 – Following the resignation of the Central African Republic's two interim leaders, the top United Nations official in the crisis-riven country called for calm today, urging the authorities to mobilze around…
10 January 2014 – Speaking at his fist press conference this year, the United Nations Secretary-General touched upon issues relating to the situation in the Central African Republic, saying that the situation in that nation…
10 January 2014 – An IOM medical team provides medical screening and treatment for migrants fleeing the violence in CAR. Migrants stranded in the conflict torn-Central African Republic are set to be evacuated by the…
Excerpt from the opening statement relating to the OPCW-UN Joint Mission work during the Secretary-General's first press conference in 2014.
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) to Guinea-Bissau and his counterpart from African Union held a meeting with transition President of the Republic to debate the internal politic momentum in the…
Bissau-UNIOGBIS, 10 JAN-2014 - In the context of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) to Guinea Bissau working visit to Cacheu region (North) , on January 7 th and 8 th, to monitor the ongoing voter…
Mogadishu - The Somali Ministry of Justice and Custodial Corps with the support of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have today kick started…
9 January 2014 – There is a real danger of further upheaval along religious lines in the Central African Republic (CAR), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today warned a regional gathering in Chad, stressing that the past year’s…
United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Mr. Derek Plumbly, met today with caretaker Minister of Social Affairs Wael Abou Faour to discuss preparations for the upcoming donor pledging conference in Kuwait on 15 January…
I had a good meeting with Prime Minister designate Tamam Salam. Obviously the international community are keenly interested in the formation of an effective government here in Lebanon. The Security Council has said so…
Beirut, Lebanon Thursday, 02 January 2014 The UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly deplored the car bombing in the Beirut suburb of Haret Hreik this afternoon that has killed and wounded a number of people. He…