News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
Baidoa/Kismayo/Mogadishu - Youth across Somalia turned up in large numbers to mark Somali Youth Day, an annual commemoration of the Somali Youth League (SYL), the country’s first political party. Founded in 1943, SYL was…
KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns yesterday’s killing of at least 17 civilians in two separate attacks for which the Taliban has claimed responsibility. An attack against…
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan On 14 May, at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of UNRCCA, Petko Draganov attended a scientific-practical…
ANTALYA - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Wednesday underscored the crucial requirement for the international community to continue its strong support to the Government during the country’s…
Tripoli, Lebanon Tuesday, 12 May 2015 The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Ms. Sigrid Kaag visited today Tripoli for an overnight mission to discuss current political, security and socio-economic issues. The…
KABUL - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has launched an exhibition of the top 15 designs for the new cultural centre which will be built in Bamyan, Afghanistan’s world heritage…
8 May 2015 – SRSG Miguel Trovoada attended today in Dakar, Senegal, the 27th high-level consultation meeting of the Heads of the UN Peace Missions in West Africa at the invitation of Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special…
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa, M. Mohamed Ibn Chambas welcomes the invitation...
11 May 2015 – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemns the attack against a Turkish vessel off the Libyan coast in which one sailor was killed and other crew members injured. The Mission regrets the loss…
KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns yesterday's suicide attack against a civilian bus transporting employees of the Attorney General's Office in Kabul. The Taliban claimed…
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa, M. Mohamed Ibn Chambas welcomes the invitation...
Dakar,11 May 2015-The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa, M. Mohamed Ibn Chambas welcomes the invitation extended by the President the Republic of Guinea, M. Alpha Condé to the…