News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
I continue to follow the situation in Syria closely and with grave concern. I was abhorred by the chemical weapons attack in Khan Shaykhun, Syria, and the death and injury of many innocent civilians. I have long stated that…
JALALABAD - The top United Nations official for humanitarian affairs in Afghanistan, Toby Lanzer, visited the country’s eastern province of Nangarhar this week to meet first-hand with Afghans returning from Pakistan and with…
Women’s role in the peace process was the focus of a conference held today in Herat with around 50 women participants from more than a dozen districts from across the north western province. Facilitated by the UN Assistance…
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan
5 April 2017 – While the first phase in implementing the recently agreed peace deal between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) remains largely on track, the “relatively short…
I thought 2017, the seventh year of war in Syria would be better. It is not. What changed was that the battle moved from Aleppo city, from Homs city, to eastern Damascus to Idlib, to Hama, to Ar- Raqqa. What did not change is…
Guinea-Bissau has a rich natural heritage, with biodiversity of worldwide relevance, which projects the country on the international scene, attracting support for conservation and sustainable development, with enormous…
Hassan Buule Aden, is 40 years old and one of the new arrivals at Al-Adala camp for internally displaced persons seeking a quick response from government and the international community to help mitigate the devastating…
ASTANA, Kazakhstan A regional training on “Capacity building in the field of mediation and conflict prevention” took place in Astana on April 3-5. The event was organized by the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for…
Thank you all of you for being here and having this special occasion and Federica let me say on behalf of the Secretary-General (SG), myself and the UN, how much we appreciate working hand in hand with you and with the EU We…
NICOSIA, 4 April 2017 - The Special Adviser of the Secretary-General (SASG) on Cyprus, Mr. Espen Barth Eide, has announced the Cyprus Talks will resume following consultations with both sides and today’s meeting between the…