News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
The business community in Somalia is reaping a windfall of profits from the ongoing electoral process with hotels booked to capacity, printing companies flooded with orders and travel agencies barely coping with the soaring…
As United Nations Secretary-General over the last decade, I have repeatedly stressed the interdependence of the three pillars of the United Nations -- peace, sustainable development and human rights. Together, they form the…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, congratulates the people of Ghana for the peaceful, orderly and successful…
Bogota - The tripartite Monitoring and Verification Mechanism of the Bilateral Ceasefire and Cessation of Hostilities has verified incidents that took place on 12 November in the municipality of Francisco Pizarro, department…
08 December 2016 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) organized a two-day seminar under the theme “Enhancing Cooperation between the Judiciary and the Judicial Police to develop Prisons in Libya”. The…
KANDAHAR - The importance of the rights of Afghan women and girls was the central theme of a series of UN-backed street-theatre performances in the southern province of Kandahar this week. Part of the 16 Days of Activism…
In December 2016, UNRCCA has published a new fact sheet describing the Centre and its annual activities. To view, please click on the link below. Fact Sheet on the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for…
Following the briefing on 6 December by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Martin Kobler, the Members of the Security Council reiterated their support for his efforts and those of the United Nations Support…
HAMBURG, Germany Delivered by Mr. Petko Draganov, Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia I am pleased to send greetings to the Ministerial Council of…
Thirty-two-year-old Ibrahim Dahir Hussein was one of the Somali youth who had lost hope in the country’s politics. He was tired of hearing old politicians repeat that youth are the future leaders, yet no action was being…
Bogotá - Following the ratification of the Peace Agreement and the designation of 1 December, 2016 as the "D-Day" — marking the beginning of the implementation schedule for the Agreement on Bilateral Ceasefire Cessation of…