News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
TUNIS – 16 November 2020 - Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (ASRSG) and Head of the United Nations Support Mission (UNSMIL) in Libya Stephanie Williams announced yesterday the conclusion of the first…
FAIZABAD – Afghan Peace Negotiations represent a historic milestone and offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bring the conflict to an end, said participants at a gathering to discuss peace in the northeastern city of…
I am very concerned by the decision of the Israeli authorities yesterday to open the bidding process for the construction of Givat Hamatos. If built, it would further consolidate a ring of settlements between Jerusalem and…
Believing in the importance of the role of women as a real national partner in promoting peace, peaceful dialogue, and rebuilding the state on the foundations of sovereignty, unity, civil peace, national reconciliation…
Shots from the meetings on the sixth day of the UNSMIL-facilitated Libyan Political Dialogue Forum on 14 November 2020 in Tunis. Footage (B-roll) on Day 6 of the LPDF. (morning session)... for media use: https://youtu.be…
New York, 15 November 2020 R oad traffic collisions are a major health and development concern. Some 3700 fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, friends and colleagues are lost on the world’s roads every day…
I am pleased to announce that today participants to the Libyan Political dialogue Forum agreed that the date of the national elections in Libya should be on 24 December 2021. December 24 is Libyan Independence Day. This is a…
New York, 14 November 2020 Many efforts have been made to prevent and treat diabetes. Yet the number of people with diabetes is going up. What’s more, it is rising most rapidly in low- and middle-income countries, the…
Shots from the meetings on the fourth of the UNSMIL-facilitated Libyan Political Dialogue Forum on 12 November 2020 in Tunis. Footage (B-roll) on Day 4 of the LPDF. (afternoon session).. for media use: https://youtu.be…
Shots from the meetings on the third day of the UNSMIL-facilitated Libyan Political Dialogue Forum on 11 November 2020 in Tunis. Footage (B-roll) on Day 3 of the LPDF.. for media use: https://youtu.be/tmESu-su3Jo Footage (B…
MEDIA NOTE November 11, 2020 Joint Statement on the Israel-Lebanon Maritime Talks The text of the following statement was released by the Government of the United States and the Office of the UN Special Coordinator for…