News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
NEW YORK -The Secretary-General strongly condemns today’s attack on a voter registration centre in Kabul which claimed the lives of many civilians. Those who were behind this attack must be swiftly brought to justice. They…
KABUL – The United Nations in Afghanistan condemns today’s suicide attack in Kabul at an election-related facility that initial reports indicate claimed the lives of at least 31 civilians, with more than 50 others injured…
SUROBI – Members of the women’s Shura in the Surobi district of Kabul are committed to work alongside local authorities and the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to support women’s participation in forthcoming elections…
Let’s meet for reconciliation - 1 40 victims and 25 former FARC and AUC combatants met at the coliseum in the Municipality of Remedios, northeast of Antioquia to make progress in building territorial peace, coexistence and…
SdeM: Thank you. For me it was very important to come to Tehran, Iran is a major player, and is heavily involved into the Syria issue, and now is the time for urgent consultations. Last week was a very dangerous week, and a…
New York, 20 April 2018. The Secretary-General condemns the kidnapping and killing of three media workers, confirmed on 13 April, as well as the subsequent kidnapping of two other Ecuadorian nationals. He expresses his…
19 April 2018 - The members of the Security Council reiterated their full and unanimous support for the peace process in Colombia and shared the assessment of the Secretary-General set out in his 29 March 2018 report on the…
Question: During the beginning of the conversation you said that you really supported and you highly evaluated and appreciated the Astana and Sochi processes, how do you think they are going to affect the prospective of the…
Mr. President, Distinguished members of the Council, Permettez-moi d’adresser mes condoléances personnelles au Gouvernement et à la Mission Permanente de la Côte d’Ivoire à l’occasion du décès de l’Ambassadeur Bernard Tanoh…
ADRASKAN – For upcoming parliamentary and district elections to be credible and successful, every Afghan must play their part, stressed participants of a UN-backed forum in the rural district of Adraskan in the western…
The Network of Human Rights Defenders of Guinea-Bissau (RDDH-GB) will hold its first strategic retreat on April 20 and 21, 2018 at Casa dos Direitos, in Bissau old centre. During the two days of work, 40 human rights…