News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
Geneva, 6 October 2016 SdeM: I am here with my friend and colleague Jan Egeland, because we have just ended an important, in our opinion, Humanitarian Task Force meeting, so will first elaborate, at length actually, about…
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating has welcomed the progress made by the Interim South West State Administration (ISWA) in preparing for the electoral…
Somali women leaders have called for a stop to politicization of the 30 percent gender rule. Campaigners for greater representation of women in Somalia’s Parliament have stepped up their efforts in a bid to counter the…
The Director of the Women’s Empowerment at the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Maghda El-Sinnousi visited the city of Tobruk in eastern Libya, yesterday to meet with female House of Representatives members -…
BRUSSELS - The following are remarks by the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, at the opening session of the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan. Your Excellency Mr. Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, Your…
BRUSSELS – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been awarded Afghanistan’s highest civilian honor. President Ashraf Ghani presented Mr. Ban with the State Order of Ghazi Amir Amanullah Khan, yesterday in Brussels. The medal…
Tehran, Iran Tuesday, 4 October 2016 United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Ms. Sigrid Kaag concluded a two-day visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran for meetings with Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African…
Beirut, Lebanon Tuesday, 4 October 2016 Deputy Special Coordinator and Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon, Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, today co-signed the UN Strategic Framework for Lebanon (UNSF) together with Mr…
KABUL - The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon will join President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani and EU President Donald Tusk to open the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan tomorrow. Representatives of more than 70 countries…
United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Ms. Sigrid Kaag concluded a two-day visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran for meetings with Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Jaberi Ansari and Deputy Foreign…
NEW YORK - Tadamichi Yamamoto, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, was recently interviewed by the UN News Centre. The following is the full UN News Centre article, which includes a question and…