News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
Press Stakeout by the President of the Security Council following SC briefing on the Situation in Lebanon (23 July 2018)
Informal comments to the media by H.E Mr. Olof Skoog, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations and the President of the Security Council for the month of July, on the situation in Lebanon, Ethiopia, Eritrea…
In the Territorial Area of Training and Reintegration – TATR of Filipinas, Arauca, 56 former FARC combatants carry out a productive project from the Sacha Inchi´s fruit that seeks to establish a self-sustaining business model…
I am gravely concerned over the dangerous escalation of violence in Gaza and southern Israel. I deeply regret the loss of life. It is imperative that all sides urgently step back from the brink of another devastating conflict…
Bogotá, 20 July 2018 - The United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia and the United Nations System in Colombia celebrate the installation today of the Colombian Congress resulting from the most participative and…
Victims, FARC-EP, AUC and ELN ex-combatants, members of the Security Public Forces, community, film directors, artists, and Colombian professional football, lived the reconciliation through a friendly match in Dabeiba…
Reform of the United Nations peace and security architecture is therefore aimed at ensuring that we are stronger in prevention, more agile in mediation, and more effective in peacekeeping operations.
Communique from the 12th Joint Consultative meeting between the African Union Peace and Security Council and the United Nations Peace and Security Council held at UN Headquarters in New York on 19 July, 2018.
The members of the Security Council welcomed the briefing from the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG), Ghassan Salamé, on 16 July 2018. The members of the Security Council welcomed the announcement on [11…
The complex peace and security challenges we face in Africa are such that neither the United Nations nor the African Union can address the challenges on their own. Partnership is therefore not a choice but a necessity.
KANDAHAR - The active participation of all Afghans in the upcoming elections is essential for creating a more stable, inclusive and peaceful country, said participants gathered at a UN-backed event in the southern province of…
KABUL - The following is a transcript of a press conference on 19 July 2018 about the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) meeting. PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for…