News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Ghassan Salame condemns in the strongest terms the overnight heavy rocket shelling on the high-density residential neighbourhood of Abu Slim in Tripoli which resulted…
The UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia has issued a new publication entitled “Strategic Dialogue: Role of Parliaments in Engaging Afghanistan in Central Asian Cooperation Frameworks through…
KABUL - In its latest report on the treatment of conflict-related detainees in Afghanistan published today, the UN documents an encouraging reduction in the number of cases of torture since 2016 but notes its ongoing concern…
UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jan Kubis, yesterday visited the city of Tripoli in north Lebanon. It was an opportunity for the UN Special Coordinator to get a closer look at the political, security and socio-economic…
New York, 16 April 2019. The members of the Security Council reiterated their full and unanimous support for the peace process in Colombia. They agreed with the Secretary-General’s assessment that the peace process stands…
In the Territorial Area for Training and Reintegration of Filipinas, Arauca, the former Farc combatants, had the opportunity to commemorate the International Women's Day, in an event that was attended by leaders of the…
Sandino, who was a member of the guerrilla for 27 years and is doing his reintegration process into civilian life, reunited with his son Álvaro, an Army sub-officer who, after an emotional encounter forgave his father and…
Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), concluded today a two-day visit to Côte d'Ivoire. This visit which is part…
KANDAHAR - Activists in Kandahar are turning to social media to better coordinate and strengthen efforts to promote women’s rights. To help further the effective and safe use of social media, Kandahar field office of UN…
NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council condemned the announcement by the Taliban of a spring offensive, which will only result in more unnecessary suffering and destruction for the Afghan people. The members of the…
Thank you very much Mr. President, And thank you for giving me this opportunity to brief the Council. It is almost exactly a year since I first had such a chance. And I said then, back in April of last year, that a political…
I congratulate Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh on the formation of a new Palestinian government and look forward to continuing to work closely with him and his team on improving the economic, humanitarian and social…