News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
KABUL - Media can follow the live broadcast of the UN Security Council session on the Secretary-General’s latest Report on Afghanistan. UN WEB TV http://webtv.un.org/> are scheduled to broadcast beginning 10:00 New York…
The chair of the UN Sanctions Committee established under resolution 2048, Anatolio Ndong Mba, is in Guinea-Bissau for a two-day visit with a view to obtaining first-hand accounts on the sanctions measures imposed by Security…
New York, UN HQ On 22 June 2018, the General Assembly adopted a resolution entitled “Strengthening regional and international cooperation to ensure peace, stability and sustainable development in the Central Asian Region”…
NILI – The contribution of civil society organizations in improving quality service delivery, and participation in conflict prevention, management, and conflict resolution was the center of discussion during a UN-backed radio…
The Secretary-General is gravely concerned by the recent military escalation, including ground offensives and aerial bombardments, in southwestern Syria. The attacks have resulted in the displacement of thousands of civilians…
Amman 21 June 2018 - I will continue my consultations with all parties to avoid further military escalation in Hudaydah, which I fear would have severe political and humanitarian consequences. My priority now is to avoid a…
Nairobi, 20 June 2018 – The Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) convened in Nairobi, Kenya, a consultative meeting with high…
The project portfolio consists of five new projects aimed at contributing to peacebuilding in Guinea-Bissau by facilitating political dialogue, strengthening the formal and informal justice sectors, creating a professional…
MEHTARLAM - Afghans have been urged to do more as citizens including by actively participating in local peace initiatives, development projects, and national political processes by participants of a UN-backed radio programme…
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi boarded a flight on 19 June bound for Niger with 122 refugees, mostly women and children, on board. The refugees, who had been held in detention in the Libyan capital, were…
KABUL - Ramiz Bakhtiar has been selected as Afghanistan’s Youth Representative to the United Nations for 2018. Mr Bakhtiar joins a group of youths from across the globe who act as representatives of a new generation at the UN…