News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
On 14 December, UNRCCA organized one-day training for Parliamentarians in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The training was attended by Central Asian parliamentarians and staff of parliamentary administrations, experts of institutes of…
A three-day workshop to discuss modalities for implementing Somalia’s New Policing Model was held last week in Baidoa, the administrative capital of South West state. This is the first time the new model has been introduced…
BAMYAN – Raising awareness about the dangers to children in armed conflict, including from underage recruitment and mines, was the focus of a series of UN-backed theatre performances in central Bamyan. The 30-minute open-air…
GENEVA / TUNIS (13 December 2016) - The breakdown in the Libyan justice system has led to a state of impunity in which migrants are subjected to serious human rights violations and abuses, according to a joint UN human rights…
ALMATY, Kazakhstan – The regional seminar titled “Role of Parliaments in Preventive Diplomacy in Central Asia” took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 12- 14 December 2016. The event was organized by the UN Regional Centre for…
Galmudug and Puntland have completed the electoral process for the House of the People, bringing the number of federal states that have concluded the exercise to five. The voting was concluded on Sunday and Monday in Cadaado…
New York, 12 December 2016 [as delivered] Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you very much for all your kind words. I am deeply honoured by the trust and confidence Member States…
PRESS STATEMENT 31/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Michael Keating condemned in the strongest possible terms this morning’s terrorist attack outside the Somali capital’s seaport…
PRESS STATEMENT 31/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Michael Keating condemned in the strongest possible terms this morning’s terrorist attack outside the Somali capital’s seaport…
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan - On 5 December, "Turkmenistan" channel has video-recorded the congratulatory speech of SRSG Draganov on the occasion of the Neutrality Day of Turkmenistan. Full text of SRSG Draganov's congratulatory…
The United Nations, African Union, European Union, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, Ethiopia, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States are gravely concerned about the holding of a vote in the…