News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan – On 10 November, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG), Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Petko Draganov, took part in the 2015…
New York – I am grateful to the Council and the Secretary-General for giving me the floor. I am delighted to be here with HE Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, Prime Minister of Somalia, whose constant support for the UN is…
New York, 9 November 2015 Delivered by Ms. Susana Malcorra, Chef de Cabinet I commend the United Kingdom for convening this Ministerial Meeting and for its longstanding leadership on Somalia. The stakes are high. The…
The African Union conducted a Field Training Exercise as part of its efforts to operationalize the African Standby Forces (ASF). The Exercise was a multidimensional Peace Support Operations Exersie, involving military, police…
HERAT - Improving the delivery and oversight of local government services was discussed by civil society at a UNAMA-supported workshop in Herat, in western Afghanistan. More than 50 people, including women’s rights activists…
Delivered by Ms. Susana Malcorra, Chef de Cabinet I commend the United Kingdom for convening this Ministerial Meeting and for its longstanding leadership on Somalia. The stakes are high. The international community must stand…
07 November 2015, Montreux, Geneva - Forty Libyan women from diverse backgrounds from inside and outside Libya are currently gathering in Montreux to reflect on their aspirations for peace and their role and contribution to…
GARDEZ - Effective strategies for promoting women’s increased participation in the media was the topic of a UNAMA-backed panel discussion held in Gardez, capital of the eastern province of Paktya. Some 50 participants…
07 November 2015 - SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBYA The members of the Security Council expressed their concern over Libya's ongoing political, security and institutional crises and the rising threat of terrorism…
5 November 2015: Seventeen Libyan participants successfully completed a three-week-long humanitarian emergency response training course for explosive ordnance disposal on 5 November 2015. This humanitarian emergency response…
The Secretary-General is alarmed by the ongoing escalation of violence in Burundi. He expresses grave concern that in recent weeks, the discovery of the bodies of civilian victims, many apparently summarily executed, has…