News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
Scenes from the opening ceremony of the UNSMIL-facilitated Libyan Political Dialogue Forum in Tunis: Address of the Acting Representatives of the Secretary-General for and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya…
Good afternoon Let me start by thanking you for the trust you place in the United Nations, and for the kind words you have addressed to me and UNSMIL team. We are honored by the trust the Libyan people have historically…
Arrival of the Tunisian president Kais Saied at the plenary hall of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) at Foor Seasons Hotel, Tunis, where he was welcomed by the Actin Special Representative of the UN Secretary…
UNSMIL welcomes the decision by the Civil Aviation Authority on 4 November 2020 to permit the resumption of flights to all airports in the Southern region of Libya. This decision is a product of the confidence that has been…
As part of the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of Resolution 1325, UNOWAS Magazine met Ms. Oulimata Sarr, Regional Director for West and Central Africa of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the…
New York, 6 November 2020 Conflict and the environment are deeply interlinked. Around the world, at least 40 per cent of all intrastate conflicts have had an important natural resource dimension. Rising temperatures due to…
KABUL – The Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC) and the United Nations jointly-hosted a conference today in Kabul with media, government and civil society to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes…
New York, 5 November 2020 We live in a multi-hazard world where risk is systemic and embedded in the very fabric of human development. Currently we are struggling with what some describe as a tsunami of death and disease due…
NEW YORK - The Secretary-General strongly condemns the horrific attack at Kabul University in Afghanistan. He expresses his deepest sympathies to the families of the victims and wishes a speedy recovery to those injured. This…
Statement by the United Nations Spokesperson in Cyprus 3 rd November 2020 – Today, the Greek Cypriot leader, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, and the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mr. Ersin Tatar, met for the first time as the leaders of…
Fahima Ahmed Hassan is a 25-year-old community mobilizer who goes the extra mile to ensure parents of children under the age of five are well informed of the polio vaccination campaign and ready to vaccinate their children…