News from our Missions
From 30 July to 2 August, UNOAU supported and participated in a capacity-building workshop for Malian authorities in the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) of Security Sector Reform (SSR) processes, organized in Ségou, Mali. The…
Humanitarian | OCHA facilitates government-UN mission to Xudur OCHA facilitated a joint government-UN mission to Xudur town, in the Bakool region of Somalia’s South West State. The mission, led by the Commissioner of the…
Dakar, 01 August 2024 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, concluded yesterday a three-day visit to Ghana…
The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU), during its 1225th meeting on August 1, 2024, adopted the Concept of Operations (CONOPs) for the new AU-Led Mission in Somalia, named the African Union Support…
TRIPOLI – 31 July – A group of 36 young men and women from across Libya participated in an online discussion on youth engagement in transitional justice with UNSMIL’s Director of Human Rights, Rule of Law and Transitional…
Dakar, 31 July 2024 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, welcomes the adoption yesterday of the Affirmative…
Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General The Secretary-General believes that the attacks we have seen in South Beirut and Teheran represent a dangerous escalation at a moment in which all efforts should instead…
In response to questions about the strikes in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, the Spokesperson has the following to say: We express grave concern over the strikes by the Israel Defense Forces on the densely populated…
The UNOAU attended the 2nd Consultative Meeting of the Joint African Union (AU) – United Nations (UN) Task Team on the Operationalization of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2719 (2023) on the financing of AU-led peace…
There is no denying that football is the most popular sport in the world. People feel the same passion whether they are playing in a community in the heart of the jungle or on any pitch in a city. This was the experience in…
Every 28 June since 1970, cities around the globe hold parades to commemorate the riots at a New York club a year earlier, which led to several nights of unrest by citizens protesting against police brutality. Thus…
UNRCCA, the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), the Office of the Project Coordinator of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Uzbekistan and the Government of Uzbekistan organized the first meeting…