News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
VIENNA, Austria - On 29-30 April, senior officials of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan gathered in Vienna, Austria, to discuss issues related to the interpretation and efficient application of…
Civil unrest continued for a fourth day in areas of Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura, after current President Pierre Nkurunziza was nominated by the ruling National Council for the Defence of Democracy – Forces for the Defence of…
29 April 2015 - I have just briefed the Security Council on the situation in Libya. First of all ... this chaos is what explains dramas as the ones we have seen recently: death in the Mediterranean Sea, hundreds of migrants…
29 April 2015 - Earlier this week, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) circulated a draft proposal for a political agreement in Libya. In a letter addressed to the dialogue participants, Special…
Entebbe, 29 April 2015 – The regional consultation framework bringing together delegates from civil society organizations in the Great Lakes region opened on Wednesday, 29 April, in Entebbe, Uganda. The meeting aimed to…
HERAT - At a United Nations-backed televised debate in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat, human rights experts and civil society activists discussed the issue of child marriage and highlighted the negative consequences…
28 April 2015 - Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bernardino Leon will be briefing the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday 29 April in closed consultations on the latest developments regarding the…
28 April 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has today condemned the outbreak of violence in Burundi following the nomination of President Pierre Nkurunziza as the presidential candidate of the country’s…
GARDEZ - Members of Paktya’s provincial council and civil society organizations have signed an agreement aimed at promoting participatory and accountable governance in the region. The aim is to advocate for civil society…
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary- General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA)...
The Secretary-General condemns the outbreak of violence in Burundi following the nomination of President Pierre Nkurunziza as the presidential candidate of the ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy–Forces for…
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the wave of violence in Burundi following the nomination of President Pierre Nkurunziza as a presidential candidate by the ruling party, the National Council for the Defense of…