News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
The Joint Task Force reviewed the situation across the Continent at their 16th Consultative Meeting held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 15 February 2019.
On the eve of presidential and parliamentary elections in Nigeria, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas…
KUNDUZ - In its efforts to support public dialogue among Afghans about reconciliation, peace and human rights, UNAMA works closely with local media partners --not just in the provincial capitals but also at district-level…
UNHCR, the UN Refugee agency, evacuated yesterday 159 Eritrean asylum-seekers from Tripoli airport to the Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM) in Niamey, continuing its commitment to offer protection to the most vulnerable…
Mr. Pedersen: As you know I have been travelling rather extensively and of course [I felt] my first duty, was to go to Damascus and to discuss with the government and then to go on to Riyadh to discuss with the SNC. And I…
P5 PRESS RELEASE AU-CPLP-ECOWAS-EU-UN 1. The group of the five (5) international partners organizations of Guinea-Bissau known as "P5" Group (AU, CPLP, ECOWAS, EU and UN) has followed with worry the incidents that marked the…
UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jan Kubis met today with His Excellency Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri at Ain El-Tineh, following his arrival in the country on Monday. “We had a good discussion on the strategic priorities…
Women of the Great Lakes region meet in Nairobi, advocate for more vigorous measures to make their participation in political and dialogue processes a reality Nairobi (Kenya), 13 February 2019 - The Women’s Platform for the…
JALALABAD - Community leaders, government officials and international partners must work closer together to help protect and support children affected by the conflict, said participants during UN-backed workshops in Nangarhar…
KABUL - The following is a transcript of a press briefing on 13 February 2019 in Kabul. PRESS BRIEFING TRANSCRIPT The Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan (Development) Toby Lanzer [near verbatim]…
Dakar, 12 February 2019- The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, condemns the violence occurred yesterday in…
ISTANBUL, Turkey Under Phase III of the Regional Project “Towards the Implementation of the Joint Plan of Action for the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in Central Asia”, the UN Regional Centre for Preventive…