News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
NADALI - Government officials, elders, activists and other community leaders in the southern province of Helmand gathered at a UN-backed symposium to discuss local peace efforts and to strategize on ways to build national and…
Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas High level meeting of regional organisations on the Sahel Abuja, 18 September…
The Secretary-General welcomes the agreement reached on 17 September between President Erdogan of Turkey and President Putin of Russia to create a demilitarized buffer zone in Idlib region, which should avert a full-scale…
SdeM: Sorry for the delay, but it was a very intense and long, and useful, in my opinion, opportunity for expressing various angles of many countries. As you know, Turkey spoke, Iran spoke, and the Syrian Arab Republic. So…
NEW YORK - The UN’s top envoy in Afghanistan said important decisions made now on elections and peace will affect the fundamental fabric of the society and future of Afghanistan. “The Afghan people are scheduled to cast their…
SHARANA - The active participation of young Afghans in peace-building is necessary for creating a more stable, inclusive and peaceful region, said participants at a UN-backed symposium in the south-eastern province of Paktika…
Sana’a, 16 September 2018: The United Nations is working to open a humanitarian medical air bridge for Yemeni civilians who are suffering from conditions which cannot be treated inside Yemen. “The aim is to help patients…
The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov , expressed concern on Monday “at the intention of the Israeli authorities to demolish the Bedouin village of Khan Al-Ahmar/Abu Al…
MAZAR – The terrible impact of the Afghan war on its civilians was the focus of this week’s 2018 Mazar Short Film Festival. Supported by UNAMA, the festival showcased the work of film-makers from Balkh province. The films, of…
Briefing the Security Council for the last time in his capacity as UN Special Representative for Somalia, Michael Keating called on all Somalis to draw strength from the positive transformations going on inside the country…
The secretary-general --- Remarks at funeral of kofi annan Accra, Ghana, 13 September 2018 [As delivered] To Nane Annan and the Annan Family, To Kofi Annan’s larger family, starting with you, President Akufo-Addo and the…