News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
New York, 31 October 2020 On this World Cities Day, we recognize the extraordinary contribution made by grassroots communities in our cities and towns. The value of communities has been brought into sharp focus during the…
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan On 27-29 October 2020, the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) took part in the first conference of the Interregional Model UN (IR-MUN) dedicated to the 75 th…
KANDAHAR – Peace, d evelopment and humanitarian assistance go hand in hand, said participants at a coordination meeting this week between United Nations agencies and provincial administration officials in the southern…
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan On October 27, Natalia Gherman, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Central Asia, Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), held encounters with…
The text of the following statement was released by the Government of the United States and the Office of the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Building on progress from their October 14 meeting, on October 28 and 29…
29 October 2020 – The Office of the Special Envoy for Yemen (OSESGY) and UN Women Yemen renewed their commitment to the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda and to advancing women’s meaningful participation and gender…
Mogadishu – The United Nations in Somalia strongly condemns the murder of two humanitarian workers, who were reportedly killed yesterday in the capital, Mogadishu, by suspected Al-Shabaab terrorists. The two Somali…
New York, 29 Ocober 2020 Thank you, Mr. President. Excellencies, I thank you for this opportunity to brief you on Women, Peace and Security, twenty years after the landmark Security Council resolution 1325. The COVID-19…
Mogadishu – The United Nations in Somalia strongly condemns the murder of two humanitarian workers, who were reportedly killed yesterday in the capital, Mogadishu, by suspected Al-Shabaab terrorists. The two Somali…
In the sub-region, UNOWAS remains mobilized to support the effective implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security. Twenty years ago, the international community…
The members of the Security Council welcomed the permanent ceasefire agreement signed by the 5+5 Joint Military Commission on 23 October in Geneva following talks facilitated by the United Nations. The members of the Security…
NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the atrocious and cowardly terrorist attack that took place at the Kabul Education Center, Afghanistan, on 24 October 2020. The attack, which was…