News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
Good Afternoon, Mr. President. I would like to thank you and your team for the warm welcome that you have extended to us today. Mr. President, you and I have seen each other of many video screens and we have met before in…
New York, 28 January, 2021. The Members of the Security Council reiterated their full and unanimous support for the peace process in Colombia, underlining the important achievements made in four years since the signing of the…
KABUL - The inclusion of women in peace negotiations and other decision-making processes has been the focus of a series of discussions currently taking place across Afghanistan, marking ‘Global Open Days’. Hundreds of women…
SPEAKERS James Swan, UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) Adam Abdelmoula, UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Somalia /…
As the political process continues to make progress through the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum towards securing the necessary conditions for the holding of national elections on 24 December 2021, the United Nations Support…
Mogadishu – As Somalia crosses its 30 th anniversary since the outbreak its civil war, senior United Nations officials today paid tribute to the courage and resilience of Somali citizens who have persevered through some of…
SPEAKERS James Swan, UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) Adam Abdelmoula, UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Somalia /…
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, and the UN Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, concluded a joint visit to Sierra Leone and Cabo Verde Dakar, 26…
New York, 27 January 2021 Today we honour the memory of the six million Jews and millions of others who were systematically murdered in the Holocaust by the Nazis and their collaborators. This year’s anniversary takes place…
Mister President, State Minister Nafti of Tunisia, Foreign Minister Coveney of Ireland, Foreign Minister Lavrov of Russia, Foreign Minister Ebrard of Mexico, Foreign Minister Eriksen Søreide of Norway, Deputy Foreign Minister…
Garowe – The process of registering, tracking and recording gender-based violence (GBV) cases in Somalia’s northern Federal Member State of Puntland is expected to improve following the launch today of a United Nations-backed…
Remarks by Mohamed Ibn Chambas Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNOWAS Dakar, 23 January 2021 --------------------------- Your Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of…