News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
New York – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of George Conway of Canada as Acting Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM)…
First of all, I am very glad that in my new capacity as the Special Coordinator for Lebanon, I had the opportunity to brief the Security Council about my activities but notably about the country, about Lebanon. I spoke about…
The Security Council decided today to extend until 31 March 2020 the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), as previously set out in resolution 2158 (2014), and requested the Mission to maintain…
HELMAND – Providing women with access to education is the most sustainable means of addressing gender inequality and improving the lives of women, stressed participants in a series of UN-backed radio discussions in the…
The United Nations family in Guinea-Bissau, and around the world, on March 30th joins once again the initiative Earth Hour and urges everyone to turn off the lights for one hour - Earth Hour. The goal is not only to…
New York, 26 March 2019 – Said Djinnit, the outgoing United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region on 26 March made his last presentation to the Security Council on the situation in the Great Lakes region. “Since…
The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, took part this morning in the first day of the Yemeni Women Conference “Mediators for Peace”, organized by UN Women in Amman. Addressing the opening of…
First of all, I am very glad that in my new capacity as the Special Coordinator for Lebanon, I had the opportunity to brief the Security Council about my activities but notably about the country, about Lebanon. I spoke about…
Mogadishu – The United Nations, African Union, European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States welcome the initiative by Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire to brief partners on reforms in the security sector and the…
Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, Vice Foreign Minister of Indonesia, On behalf of the Secretary-General, I will devote my regular briefing on the situation in the Middle East to presenting the ninth report on…
New York, 26 March 2019 - The members of the Security Council emphasized their full support for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ghassan Salamé, and the United Nations Support Mission for Libya (UNSMIL) as…