News from our Missions
The Trilateral Mechanism and the joint delegation of signatories to the Political Framework Agreement held two productive meetings today and yesterday to discuss next steps on the second phase of the political process. The…
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Ruchira Kamboj (India): The members of the Security Council expressed their deep concern at the persistent political deadlock in Libya and…
NEW YORK - The Secretary-General is deeply alarmed by news reports that the Taliban have suspended access to universities to women and girls. The Secretary-General reiterates that the denial of education not only violates the…
NEW YORK - I am very saddened by the news that was widely reported this morning that the Taliban Minister of Higher Education has banned women from attending universities. This is detrimental for women but also for…
NEW YORK - The following is the as-delivered transcript of the briefing by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, to the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan today…
Dear audience, welcome to this special interview from Khartoum with Mr. Volker Perthes, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to Sudan and Head of the UNITAMS Integrated Transition Assistance Mission…
Madam President, Members of the Security Council, I devote my regular briefing on the situation in the Middle East to the twenty-fourth report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334 (2016). The Secretary…
Belet Weyne – It is 6:00 a.m. and Mohamed Dhicis is up and ready for work. Dressed in a thick, white cotton canvas suit, which covers his entire body, he walks into the apiary housing tens of thousands of bees. When he…
New-York, 18 December 2022 On this International Migrants Day, we reflect on the lives of the over 280 million people who left their country in the universal pursuit of opportunity, dignity, freedom, and a better life. Today…
Mogadishu – Ahmed Abdullahi Ahmed believes in education. He believes in its power to transform the lives of his fellow Somalis and in its capacity to help transform Somalia. His belief is grounded in his personal experience.…
NEW YORK - The latest quarterly report by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the situation in Afghanistan and the activities of the United Nations in the country is now available. The UN Security Council is scheduled to…
This week, the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Giovanie Biha, had a series of meetings with various UNOWAS partners, including the Special Envoys for the Sahel of the Swiss Confederation, Ms…