News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
Nairobi, 18 September 2020 – The Great Lakes region has made great strides towards achieving peace, security and stability in the past two years. Examples of such progress include the smooth transition of power following the…
Kigali, 18 September 2020 - Huang Xia, UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region met in Kigali with Mr. Vincent Biruta, Rwanda’s minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Maj. Gen. Albert Murasira, to…
Tripoli 17 September 2020 - I commend the courageous decision by Mr. Fayez al-Serraj, the President of the Presidency Council of the Government of National Accord, in announcing his intention to hand over power to a new…
The Foreign Ministers of Germany, Kuwait, Sweden, and the United Kingdom co-hosted a meeting on Thursday 17 September 2020, in connection with the 75th United Nations General Assembly, with Ministers and representatives of…
New York, 18 September 2020 Around the world, despite decades of activism, and dozens of laws on equal pay, women still earn less than 80 cents for every dollar men do. For women with children, women of colour, women refugees…
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I wish to start by reiterating my personal attachment to Yemen, which dates back to my time as High Commissioner for Refugees and I will never forget the generosity of the Yemeni people in…
UN-appointed investigators have issued fresh warnings about ongoing rights violations and impunity in Burundi, since the death of former President Pierre Nkurunziza, who ran for a third term in 2015, in a move deemed by…
Event hosted by the Government of Colombia: "Two Years of the Implementation of the Peace with Legality Policy: a Commitment with Actions" Remarks by Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary…
The Secretary-General Remarks on Opening of the First Plenary Meeting of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly New York, 15 September 2020 It is a pleasure to be with you again for the opening of the 75th…
TRIPOLI, 16 September 2020 – A group of Libyan healthcare professionals from across the country met in Tripoli, Benghazi and Sebha to participate via a video teleconference in the first of a series of UN-supported technical…
Remarks by Carlos Ruiz Massieu Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia Event hosted by the Government of Colombia, two years on actions supporting the…
New York, 16 September 2020 There are few global agreements as successful as the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer. Today, on World Ozone Day, we celebrate 35 years of this convention, which was the…