News from our Missions
Criminal investigation | UNODC and Somali Police Force cooperate to counter transnational organized crime, including Trafficking in Persons Congratulations to the 16 Somali Police Force Officers from Hirshabelle & Galmadug…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office in West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat ANNADIF, concluded this morning an official visit to Mauritania. This visit is part of…
KABUL - 1. The twenty-third Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) meeting was held on Wednesday July 28, 2021 at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. The main purpose of the meeting was to review progress…
Facilitated by the Assistant Secretary-General and Mission Coordinator Raisedon Zenenga, the Proposals Bridging Committee of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum held its second virtual meeting yesterday, 27 July. Committee…
Mister President, Members of the Security Council, I brief you today as the UN and its partners are providing urgent assistance to Gaza in the wake of the recent round of hostilities. Beyond the human tragedy for both…
SRSG DEBORAH LYONS OPENING REMARKS AT THE SPECIAL JOINT COORDINATION & MONITORING BOARD (JCMB) MEETING 28 July 2021 [As delivered] Mr. President and Dr. Abdullah, Distinguished ambassadors and members of the international…
On July 26, Economic Working Group Co-Chairs, represented by UNSMIL Coordinator Raisedon Zenenga, EU Ambassador Jose Sabadell, US Special Envoy, and Ambassador Richard Norland, and Egyptian Ambassador Sarwat Selim, met with…
Mr. President, representatives of the media, I thank President Said Abdullahi Deni and his team for the warm welcome that we have received today. Visits to Garowe are always a pleasure. Today’s consultation with President…
UNAMA’s Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict 2021 Midyear Report was released today. The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, who is also head of UNAMA made the following statement:…
KABUL - Civilian casualties in Afghanistan in the first half of 2021 reached record levels, including a particularly sharp increase in killings and injuries since May when international military forces began their withdrawal…
At the invitation of Libya’s House of Representatives (HoR) and in line with its mandate to facilitate the holding of parliamentary and presidential elections on 24 December 2021 and provide electoral assistance as set out in…