News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
Addis Ababa –Excellency, Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Peace and Security Council on Somalia. I am glad to be doing so with my friend and colleague, Ambassador Maman Sidikou. Tomorrow we will be briefing the UN…
KABUL - To discuss the critical role of midwives in a country where one in every 50 women dies from pregnancy-related causes, the United Nations and its partners in Afghanistan today marked the International Day of the…
BAMYAN - A honey beekeeping project supported by the UN is giving new hope to poor returnee families in Afghanistan’s central highlands provinces of Bamyan and Daikundi. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) recently…
Kismayo - The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (DSRSG) for Somalia, Raisedon Zenenga visited Kismayo on 14 May 2015, where he met with the Leader of the Interim Jubba Administration (IJA), Mr. Ahmed…
15 May 2015 – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemns in the strongest possible terms the ongoing shelling of residential areas in Libya, including in Benghazi and Gheryan, and the consequent loss of…
Armed groups across Libya are responsible for abductions of civilians including minors on account of their actual or perceived origin, opinion, family and political affiliation. UNSMIL is calling on all parties to the…
15 May 2015 - Armed groups across Libya are responsible for abductions of civilians including minors on account of their actual or perceived origin, opinion, family and political affiliation, the United Nations Support…
Sixty women leaders from the Great Lakes region gather in Goma around the Women's Platform for the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and the region Goma, 15 May, 2015 – A three-day meeting of the Women's…
Goma, 15 May, 2015 – A three-day meeting of the Women's Platform for the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework agreement for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes region was held in Goma, North Kivu…
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan The United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the United Nations…
2015-05-15 EBE Joint Statement