News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
UNOAU hosted the UN Liaison Team in Ethiopia in its premises in December. In this meeting, key issues of common concern in relation to the work of the UN and the African Union were discussed.
Members of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) visited Addis Ababa from 7-8 December, 2017. The objective of the visit was to further strengthen cooperation with the African Union (AU) in the areas of conflict…
Members of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) visited Addis Ababa from 7-8 December, 2017. The objective of the visit was to further strengthen cooperation with the African Union (AU) in the areas of conflict…
The 11 th United Nations – African Union – Regional Economic Communities and Regional Mechanisms (RECs/RMs) Consultative Meeting on the Prevention and Management of Conflict took place in Addis Ababa in the beginning of…
Kikla, 20 December 2017 – The Stabilization Facility for Libya (SFL) has delivered school furniture and supplies to the Municipality of Kikla. Five different schools in the city, Martyrs, Khalifa Ahmed, Swadna, Central Girls…
The devolution of authority in Somalia’s federal system took another step forward in the city of Baidoa this week as senior officials of the country’s South West State launched the formation of local councils in the districts…
KABUL - The UN Security Council has scheduled the next briefing to discuss the UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ latest report on the situation in Afghanistan. The report is available here. The meeting, scheduled to…
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…
Mogadishu – What’s a 27-year-old Sri Lankan woman doing in the middle of Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu, a city rebuilding after many years of chaos and civil war? In the case of Jayathma Wickramanayake, she’s doing her job…
On 15 December, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), in partnership with UN Women and UNSMIL/Security Institutions Division, completed the third and last workshop of the new phase of its project on Small Arms and…
Security Council Press Statement on the Situation in Lebanon (19 December 2017)
Ubari, 19 December 2017 – The Stabilization Facility for Libya (SFL) has rehabilitated three schools in Ubari, South Libya, and handed them over to the Municipality. During the ceremony, which took place on Monday in one of…