News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
6 March 2015 - The Special Representative of the UN SG for Guinea-Bissau (SRSG), Miguel Trovoada, believes that the country will have the support of international partners at the donor conference scheduled for 25 March in…
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan– Central Asia is increasingly becoming a region threatened by the inflow of criminal elements, including terrorists, but also by the outflow of people being recruited to fight as part of international…
A round of UN-Facilitated Libyan Political dialogue convened today, Thursday 05 March 2015, in the city of Skhirat in Morocco. Special Representatives of the Secretary-General for Libya Bernardino Leon met with participants…
KUNDUZ - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) this week distributed copies of the Afghan Constitution and dozens of books on Afghan law to judicial officials of the Imam Saheb district in the north…
KABUL -The Afghan Government reiterated its commitment today to strengthen and build upon the women’s rights achievements made during the past 13 years.“We want to create sustainable transformations for women in society,”…
4 March 2015 (As delivered) Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council, Excellencies 1. By now, you would have received the Secretary-General’s Special Report on the Strategic Assessment of the United Nations…
05 March 2015 - Enabled through UNESCO’s Regional Programmes that promote an enabling environment for freedom of expression, thirty Libyan journalists currently residing in Tunisia have just started an intensive communication…
The Libyan Political Dialogue Will Convene in Morocco on Thursday 05 March 2015. For further details regarding accreditation, please contact: Ms. Nezha Attahar, +212 661564906 Email: nattahar@maec.gov.ma Details about the…
Beirut, Lebanon Wednesday, 04 March 2015 The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Sigrid Kaag, today met with the Minister of Defense Samir Moqbel and they discussed the security situation in Lebanon, with a…
The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General and Chief of the United Nations Electoral Observation Mission in Burundi held discussions regarding the upcoming elections.
03 March 2015 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announces that a meeting of representatives of Libyan political leaders and activists will convene early next week in Algeria as part of on-going…
Mogadishu – Speaking at a high level panel discussion on sexual violence in Somalia the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG), Nicholas Kay and the Special Representative of the AU Commission Chairperson…