News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
HERAT - The rights of young women were the focus of a series of UNAMA-backed theatrical performances last week for hundreds of children at schools in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat. Actors from the Herat Theatre…
NEW YORK - Continued international engagement in Afghanistan is critical to avoid waves of people from leaving the country, United Nations envoy Nicholas Haysom said in a UN radio interview broadcast from New York this week…
NEW YORK - The Secretary-General condemns the attack, claimed by the Taliban, on the city of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan today. Such attacks on civilians and civilian facilities are a clear violation of international human…
NEW YORK - Warning that the world faces a host of mainly human-made threats, Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah today called for United Nations reforms to deal speedily and effectively with the challenges ahead. “Never…
Today, the Secretary-General met with H.E. Mr. Joseph Butore, Second Vice President of the Republic of Burundi. They discussed potential United Nations assistance to ongoing regional efforts to address the situation in the…
AUC Peace and Security Council Decision on UN-AU Partnership in Peace and Security in Africa
25 September 2015 - On the occasion of the blessed Eid al-Adha, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Bernardino Leon appeals to all parties in Libya to release those who are still detained outside the…
ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- On 23-25 September, Deputy Head of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Fedor Klimchuk, participated in the workshop “The management of trans-boundary…
Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, extends his heartfelt greetings to all Somali people as they celebrate Eid-ul-Adha, marking the end of Hajj, the holy…
Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, extends his heartfelt greetings to all Somali people as they celebrate Eid-ul-Adha, marking the end of Hajj, the holy…
Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, extends his heartfelt greetings to all Somali people as they celebrate Eid-ul-Adha, marking the end of Hajj, the holy…
ALMATY, Kazakhstan — The United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), in collaboration with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), and with the financial support…