News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
Beirut, Lebanon Thursday, 24 March 2016 Mr. Prime Minister, Ladies and gentlemen of the media, Good afternoon everyone. Salam Aleykum, I am very pleased to be back in Lebanon. The United Nations has a major presence here and…
Naqoura, Lebanon Thursday, 24 March 2016 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today visited the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) where he was received by UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander…
Beirut, Lebanon Thursday, 24 March 2016 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Beirut Thursday for a two-day visit of Lebanon. The UN Secretary-General will be accompanied by World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong…
Thursday, 24 March 2016 Beirut, Lebanon United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Beirut Thursday for a two-day visit of Lebanon. The UN Secretary-General will be accompanied by World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong…
PRESS STATEMENT 09/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Michael Keating has strongly deplored the high number of children among the al-Shabaab militants captured by Puntland security…
PRESS STATEMENT 09/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Michael Keating has strongly deplored the high number of children among the al-Shabaab militants captured by Puntland security…
A four-day Consultative Conference on Police Reform in Somalia ended in Nairobi today with the endorsement of a New Policing Model and a refreshed Heegan Plan for the development of the Somalia Federal Police. The Federal…
KABUL - The UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto, discussed key issues and the recent extension of the UN’s mandate in Afghanistan with the country’s President, Ashraf Ghani…
KABUL - The United Nations in Afghanistan launched a new bulletin on the population movements that have dominated the news in recent months. Afghans make up the second largest group of people arriving in Greece after Syrians…
KABUL - Mark Bowden, the UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator and the Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan, addressed the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of G7+ countries in Kabul yesterday. Mr. Bowden…
Moderator: Good afternoon everyone, and thank you for your patience. Here we are at the end of the first round of the Intra-Syrian talks. You’ve heard the UN Special Envoy almost every day since the beginning of these talks…