News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon highlighted the "critical importance of credible Afghan-led” elections in Afghanistan’s 2014 presidential poll during his meeting with the country’s Foreign Minister at…
The Secretary-General welcomed the High-Level Meeting on Central Asia held today at United Nations Headquarters. The meeting was chaired by the Deputy Secretary-General, with the participation of countries of Central Asia and…
26 September 2013 - Youths, the elderly, women, children, state officials, the UN and civil-society groups joined hands in late September to promote peace and highlight the need for this West African country to enjoy the…
UNHQ, New York Wednesday, 25 September 2013 1. The inaugural meeting of the International Support Group for Lebanon was held on 25 September 2013 at United Nations Headquarters in New York and was chaired by the United…
KABUL - A gathering of religious scholars from 24 Islamic countries in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Tuesday, urged the country’s main armed opposition group, the Taliban, to stop killing innocent people in the name of jihad…
KABUL- In a remote, rugged province in eastern Afghanistan, the raging waters from the surrounding mountains have often flooded the 8,000 homes that line the local river’s path. The river regularly ravaged the only means of…
Tripoli, 25 September 2013- The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomed the adoption by the General National Congress of the long-awaited law on Transitional Justice at its session held on Sunday 22…
Tripoli, 25 September 2013- The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomed the announcement by the High National Elections Commission of the commencement of the process for the Constitution-Drafting Assembly…
KABUL - Afghanistan’s first ever social media summit – known as ‘Paiwand’ – concluded in the capital, Kabul, on Monday, after two days of discussions on the importance of productive and positive use of social media for the…
23 September 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, stressed, on Saturday 21 September, the importance of a commitment to peace at all levels - in the family, in…
KUNDUZ - Kunduz economic growth is reported to have increased by thirty per cent during the past year. An increase in the number of manufacturing firms in Kunduz has provided a significant boost in employment for the people…