News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) welcomes the timely completion of the adjudication of complaints by the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC), and the announcement today of…
Almaty, Kazakhstan- 2013 SPECA ECONOMIC FORUM “Inclusive and Sustainable Development through Regional Cooperation” Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank UNECE and ESCAP for the joint work in addressing such an important…
HERAT - Participants of a three-day conference on saffron cultivation, currently underway in the western Afghan province of Herat, have urged for expansion of the cash crop as an alternate to poppy cultivation in the country…
NANGARHAR - Gunmen stormed into the office of an FM radio station in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, Jalalabad, early on Tuesday, severely beating employees and destroying equipment, staff and officials said.The…
New York, 19 November 2013 - The Secretary-General strongly condemns the deadly attacks today against a police station in Beledweyne, Somalia, which follow a number of similar attacks on the Somali people in recent weeks…
New York, 19 November 2013 The Secretary-General strongly condemns the terrorist bombing near the Iranian embassy in the Bir Hassan neighbourhood of Beirut which killed at least twenty-three civilians, including reportedly…
Arsal, Lebanon Tuesday, 19 November 2013 The United Nations Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator Robert Watkins today visited the eastern border town of Arsal with UNHCR Representative Ninette Kelley, to examine the…
Good Morning, First of all, I would like to begin by saying that I extended my condolences to caretaker Prime Minister Mikati on the terrorist attack in Bir Hassan this morning. Obviously, details are still coming in so I can…
KABUL - Highlighting serious health consequences due to the lack of access to hygienic sanitation facilities for billions of people around the world, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for placing…
New York, 18 November 2013 – United Nations Security Council, Adopted Resolution 2125 (2013) which tightens anti-piracy measures,agrees to consider creation of specialized courts in Somalia, broader region. [Read more]
KABUL - Afghanistan’s Southern Region has today, for the first time ever, reached one full year without any reported cases of wild poliovirus, giving a boost to the country’s fight against the crippling disease. This…
NANGARHAR - The newly appointed governor of eastern Nangarhar province, Mawlawi Attaullah Ludin, has formally assumed charge, pledging to eradicate administrative corruption.Mr. Ludin was introduced as the new governor…