News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
Mogadishu - In Somalia, one in seven children dies before their fifth birthday and, in many cases, these deaths are preventable by use of vaccines. It was for this reason that Nadifo Sirad Ali was waiting with her three…
GARDEZ/JALALABAD – Women need to be meaningfully involved to end the conflict, including in ongoing peace negotiations, said panellists appearing in radio programmes in the country’s southeast and eastern provinces. Speaking…
New York, 7 October 2020 Nine months since we first heard of COVID-19, the pandemic has claimed more than one million lives and infected more than 30 million people in 190 countries. Infections are rising and there are…
KABUL - Afghanistan and international partners in Kabul today officially launched preparations for the 2020 Afghanistan Conference, scheduled to take place 23-24 November at the Palais des Nations in Geneva and be co-hosted…
I will start by providing a summary of the high-level ministerial meeting on Libya which was co-chaired by the Secretary-General and the Foreign Minister of Germany. The meeting was attended by Ministers of Foreign Affairs…
Security Council Session on the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) 5October 2020 Statement of Special Representative Helen La Lime Mr. President, distinguished members of the Council, 1. It is an honour to have…
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for participating in this meeting. I would like to thank Germany for co-chairing this meeting with the United Nations and for its leadership demonstrated through the Berlin…
NEW YORK - The Secretary-General strongly condemns the suicide attack on 3 October at a district administrative building in Afghanistan’s province of Nangarhar in an area where many civilians are present. The attack claimed…
HUDAYDAH, 5 October 2020 — The United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) is alarmed by the recent escalation of violence in various districts of the Hudaydah governorate. The mission calls on all sides…
New York, 5 October 2020 Each year World Habitat Day focuses attention on the state of the world’s towns and cities. This year’s observance highlights the centrality of housing as a driver for sustainable urban development…