News from our Missions
UN Special Coordinator Joanna Wronecka underlined the importance of women’s participation and representation in all areas of decision-making in Lebanon at a roundtable debate organized by FiftyFifty, a local NGO, with UN…
Amman, 09 November 2022 - The Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen (OSESGY) concluded a one-day consultative meeting on Gender Inclusion in Track II on the margins of an EU event on Leveraging Track…
KABUL – The Afghan people stand on the precipice of devastating climate projections. As COP27 opens today, the UN in Afghanistan calls for urgent collective action to halt the destructive impact of the altering climate in the…
On the 33 rd anniversary of the signing of the Taef Accord, United Nations Special Coordinator Joanna Wronecka joined local and international representatives at a conference organized by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi…
In view of the engaging efforts of the youth as well as their critical role for Lebanon’s future, the Special Coordinator held a roundtable discussion on 4 November with a group of youth who are active in the society and in…
As Lebanon entered a period of presidential vacuum after the end of President Michel Aoun’s term on 31 October, UN Special Coordinator Joanna Wronecka held a series of consultations with different partners to discuss the…
The International Support Group for Lebanon recalls its statement of 5 October 2022, and notes with concern the continued lack of cooperation among Lebanese political actors that has precipitated a presidential vacuum, at a…
On 23 and 24 October, former FARC combatants with the support of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia, Pastoral Social, and members of the community, celebrated the Day of Peace and Reconciliation in Miranda, Cauca, with…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Sudan and Head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) is deeply concerned by yesterday’s attack against the office of the…
A free press is vital to a functioning democracy, exposing wrongdoing, navigating our complex world, and advancing the Sustainable Development Goals. Yet, more than 70 journalists have been killed this year simply for…
New York – The Members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest possible terms the heinous terrorist attack by Al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, on 29th October 2022, which killed at least 100 people and injured more than…
Drought | OCHA leads funding revision for response plan OCHA took a lead role in the revision of targets and funding requirements to align Somalia’s 2022 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) and Drought Response and Famine…