Tadamichi Yamamoto is the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and the Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). --- A push for peace that puts Afghans first By Tadamichi…

KUNDUZ - To promote good governance in the northeastern region, a young man from Baghlan has made it his mission to engage and enlist other young Afghans to participate in public life, fight corruption and foster peace…

In Guinea-Bissau, according to the last general population and housing census of 2009, 62.1 percent of women did not know how to read. Among men, the illiteracy rate was only 34.8 percent. To reverse this situation the…

The Director of UN Mediation Support Unit, Ms. Teresa Whitfield (UNDPA) attended a meeting at UNOAU office in Addis Ababa where she met with the Chief of Staff, Ms. Nathalie Ndongo-Seh and other team leaders. In this meeting…

Tunis, 1 October 2017 – From 1 September to 30 September 2017, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) documented 35 civilian casualties - 12 deaths and 23 injuries – during the conduct of hostilities across…

Tunis, 1 October, 2017 - The Joint Drafting Committee of the House of Representatives and the High Council of State held today its sixth and final meeting within this set of talks at the United Nations Support Mission in…

Tunis, September 30 - The Joint Drafting Committee of the House of Representatives and the High Council of State held its fifth meeting today to draft amendments to the Libyan Political Agreement in the presence of the…

KABUL - Women from across Kabul province convened at a UN-backed event to engage with provincial authorities on expanding greater opportunities for women's participating in public decision making processes. Organized by Kabul…

Tunis, 29 September 2017 - The Joint Drafting Committee of the House of Representative and the High Council of State held its fourth meeting today, at the United Nations Support Mission in Libya’s Tunisia headquarter in the…

Quito, Ecuador. 29 September 2017 – On Friday, September 29, the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) made a joint request to the Security Council to authorise the UN Verification Mission in Colombia…

This is the final report on the implementation of the mandated of the United Nations Mission in Colombia that ended on 25 September 2017. On this report it is reviewed the major events in the last 90-day period, from 24 June…

Tunis, 28 September 2017- The Joint Drafting Committee of the House of Representative and High Council of State continued today its internal consultations with the broader dialogue committees of both Councils to further…