News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
PUL-E-KHUMRI - To promote good governance and highlight the important role civil society plays in strengthening government institutions, the first episode of a five-month television series aired this week in the north-eastern…
Kisangani, 8 July 2015 – In his ongoing visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from 6 July, the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region, Saïd Djinnit, went to Kisangani this Wednesday…
24 June 2015 - The United Nations Public Service Day was celebrated on 23 June under the theme "Innovating the Public Service to implement the post-2015 Development Agenda". The day aims to celebrate the value and virtue of…
The general picture in West Africa today is that of, first, continuous concerns regarding the security situation in the Lake Chad Basin area and its humanitarian impact, in spite of progress made by the affected countries in…
KABUL - The top United Nations envoy in Afghanistan, Nicholas Haysom, met today in Kabul with leading civil society activists and journalists to discuss recent threats against journalists and civil activists posted on social…
The leaders of the Great Lakes launch a Private Sector Investment Conference to strengthen economic development and integration Kinshasa, 7 July 2015 - Under the auspices of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework (PSCF…
Mogadishu – The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, welcomes the endorsement by the Federal Parliament, earlier this afternoon, of the nine nominees for commissioners of…
Mogadishu – The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, welcomes the endorsement by the Federal Parliament, earlier this afternoon, of the nine nominees for commissioners of…
The Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA), Mr. Mohamed...
Dakar, 06 July 2015 – The Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA), Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, is encouraged by the initial measures taken by stakeholders in…
Mogadishu - The United Nations, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the European Union (EU), African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the United States of America welcomed the successful conclusion of…
Mogadishu – The United Nations, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the European Union (EU), African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the United States of America welcomed the successful conclusion of…