News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
NEW YORK - The latest quarterly report by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the situation in Afghanistan and the activities of the United Nations in the country is now available. The UN Security Council is scheduled to…
Tripoli - (1 to 31 January 2019), the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) documented 21 civilian casualties – eight deaths and 13 injuries – during the conduct of hostilities across Libya. Victims included six…
Tripoli – ( 1 November to 31 December 2018) -The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) documented 34 civilian casualties – 13 deaths (11 men, one woman, one boy) and 21 injuries (16 men, two women, three boys)–…
KUNDUZ - Empowering women to participate in public life and policy-making contributes to addressing inequalities and promotes diversity and inclusion, say panelists at UN-backed radio programmes in the country’s northeast…
Twelve artists, nine of them Colombian, lived for ten days with former FARC-EP combatants in the TART of Pondores, La Guajira. Their work is exhibited at Espacio El Dorado gallery in Bogotá. “This was a life experience that…
In a statement issued last March 5, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, announced her regret at the closure of the UN Human Rights Office in Burundi – which was set up more than two decades ago – at the…
In the Territorial Area for Training and Reintegration of Carrizal, in the municipality of Remedios, Antioquia, community and former Farc-ep combatants paint about peace and protection of the environment. Photo gallery…
Somali women leaders today called on members of the federal parliament to approve a pending electoral reform bill that would enshrine the principle of a 30 per cent gender quota in future national legislatures. “The electoral…
3 March 2019 Marine species provide indispensable ecosystem services. Plankton enrich the atmosphere with oxygen and more than 3 billion people depend on marine and coastal biodiversity for sustenance and livelihoods. Marine…
BAMYAN – Young men and women must be a central part of peace process in Afghanistan, said participants at a peace dialogue organized in Bamyan. During the first event of a series of meetings planned to engage youth within the…
New York, 1 March 2019 - The Secretary-General welcomes the 27 February meeting in the United Arab Emirates, convened by his Special Representative for Libya, Ghassan Salamé, between the Prime Minister of Libya and President…
Stressing that the reconfiguration of UNIOGBIS should take place after the completion of the electoral cycle in 2019, the Council reaffirmed that the electoral process remains a priority. Thus, the Security Council requests…