News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
The Territorial Area for Training and Reintegration -TATR- of Llano Grande, in the municipality of Dabeiba (Antioquia), was the meeting place for Llano Grande community, former FARC combatants, Public Force, local authorities…
The Members of the Security Council underlined their full support for Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen (the Special Envoy), Martin Griffiths, and called on the parties to engage constructively and continuously…
“The single biggest cause of humanitarian suffering is declining compliance with international humanitarian law.” – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres KABUL, 9 June 2019 - Against the sobering backdrop of the…
O fim do Ramadão é celebrado por todos os Bissau-Guineenses, muçulmanos, cristãos e animistas, que partilham os feriados e as festas de todas as religiões. Líderes religiosos e população orgulham-se da sua tolerância…
During Thursday’s Humanitarian Task Force meeting, we heard firsthand reporting from our UN colleagues based in the region about the increasingly horrific brutality in recent weeks by all parties involved in the de-escalation…
New York, 5 June 2019 The theme for this year’s World Environment Day is air pollution. All around the world -- from megacities to small villages – people are breathing dirty air. An estimated nine out of ten people worldwide…
PRESS STATEMENT 07/2019 Mogadishu – The United Nations family in Somalia sends warm congratulations to all the people of Somalia on the occasion of Eid-al-Fitr. The Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Assistance Mission…
PRESS STATEMENT 07/2019 Mogadishu – The United Nations family in Somalia sends warm congratulations to all the people of Somalia on the occasion of Eid-al-Fitr. The Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Assistance Mission…
As a tribute to Samuel David, the Wayúu baby of TART’s Tierra Grata in Cesar, who died after some violent events. Two mothers, former FARC-EP combatants of the Wiwa and Bari indigenous ethnic groups, agreed to share their…
Amman, 4 June 2019 - The UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths extends his heartfelt greetings to the Yemeni people on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr. “I wish to all Yemenis and their families Eid Mubarak. May this…
KABUL- As we celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr around the world after a month of fasting and worship, I wish all Afghans Eid Mubarak on behalf of the United Nations in Afghanistan. To allow all Afghans to commemorate this auspicious and…
The Head of the United Nations Mission to Support Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) and Chairman of the Redeployment Coordination Committee (RCC) Lt. Gen. Michael Lollesgaard extends his warmest greetings and wishes for peace and…