News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
SAMARKAND, 10-11 November 2017 Your Excellences, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to express my gratitude to the Uzbek side for excellent organization of the Conference and warm hospitality. I am happy to take part in my…
WHO country office has completed an extensive workshop on Non-communicable disease Dialogue with national counterparts between 6th- 8th November in Tunis. Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including heart disease, stroke…
Members of the International Support Group for Lebanon met this morning with President Michel Aoun at the Presidential Palace in Baabda. They discussed the situation in Lebanon following the announcement of the offer of…
Mogadishu - Luul Mohamed Osman was an established hotelier before the civil war broke out in Somalia in 1991, forcing her to seek refuge in Italy. She returned to her country five years ago, to pick up the pieces and start…
Central Asia’s road to prosperity runs through a peaceful Afghanistan By Tadamichi Yamamoto KABUL — As much as Central Asia is an actual place with its boundless steppes, rugged, breathtaking mountains, and diverse cultures…
JE: We just finished the meeting of the Humanitarian Task Force, a very bleak report was delivered from us, on the UN side, I feel as if we are now returning to some of the bleakest days of this conflict again, at least the…
In the context of their permanent interaction, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) announce the formal conclusion of a joint study on…
KABUL - Increasing participation of women in elections as both voters and candidates is the major theme in a series of discussions currently taking place across Afghanistan marking ‘Global Open Days’. Hundreds of women and…
Bogotá, 8 November 2017. The UN Verification Mission in Colombia and the Episcopal Conference of Colombia highlight the first month of work of the Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (MVM) of the Temporary, Bilateral, and…
Mogadishu - A two-day forum on investment opportunities in Somalia’s sustainable energy sector opened today in the Somali capital. The participants are led by the Federal Government of Somalia, members of the private sector…