Today, in the Llanos (grassy planes) of Yari, the High Commissioner for Peace Sergio Jaramillo, the Commander of the Strategic Transition Command (COET, in the Spanish acronym) General Javier Florez met with members of the…

Tunis, Tunisia: On 8 September, the United Nations Mine Actions Service (UNMAS) celebrated the conclusion of its third Non-Technical Survey (NTS) course, which successfully trained and equipped 10 Libyan nationals from the…

MOSCOW, Russia – On 14-16 September, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Head of the Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Petko Draganov, travelled to Moscow for…

Mission will be ready for ceasefire monitoring and verification on 26 September Bogotá –Following the United Nations Security Council’s unanimous support to the UN Mission in Colombia for the second time, the Mission is ready…

MAZAR-E-SHARIF - To help activists leverage the UN Human Rights System, an international human rights booklet was officially launched in Dari and Pashto at a UN-backed event in Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Balkh province. The one…

A year ago, the world's Governments agreed on an ambitious sustainable development agenda for the next 15 years. They recognized that what people want is not so complicated -- but that it does require a transformation of how…

Following a meeting with Mr. Tammam Salam, President of the Council of Ministers The Ambassadors of France, the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the UN Special…

“It marks an encouraging step in the pursuit of stability in the country”, said Mr. Touré. The agreement was reached at the end of the ECOWAS high-level mission to Guinea-Bissau by President Alpha Condé of Guinea President…

SdeM: Sorry for changing hours but you can imagine there have been a lot of internal discussions and there has been a lot verification with the field as well. So I will say a few words then as usual give the floor to Jan…

NEW YORK - Media stakeout following the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto's briefing to the Security Council. TRANSCRIPT MEDIA STAKEOUT FOLLOWING SRSG TADAMICHI YAMAMOTO’S…

NEW YORK - It is imperative that avenues for peace be explored with the utmost urgency and seriousness, as conflict diverts resources that would be better spent on developing Afghanistan and helping its people, said Tadamichi…

NEW YORK - At the 7771st meeting of the Security Council, held on 14 September 2016, in connection with the Council’s consideration of the item entitled “The situation in Afghanistan”, the President of the Security Council…