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Reports and Policy Documents

2019

  • 26 Sep 2019

    SRSG NATALIA GHERMAN PARTICIPATES IN A CEREMONY GRANTING PASSPORTS TO NEW CITIZENS OF TURKMENISTAN

    ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan

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  • 26 Sep 2019

    KABUL - The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) voices its continuing deep concerns about the high number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan and reiterates that all parties to the...

  • 25 Sep 2019

    The second worst Ebola outbreak in history is “on the retreat” said the UN’s health agency chief on Wednesday, warning however that there is no room for complacency, with dozens of new cases each week still being recorded in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

  • 25 Sep 2019

    Humanitarian and development responses for Mali and Africa’s wider Sahel region “are falling short”, and support must be scaled up to ensure a hopeful future for its people, the Secretary-General told world leaders at a special high level meeting inside UN Headquarters on Wednesday.  

  • 25 Sep 2019

    President Faustin-Archange Touadéra of the Central African Republic (CAR), addressing the UN General Assembly’s annual general debate, spotlighted “modest but sure” progress in implementing the landmark peace agreement signed by his Government and 14 armed groups on 6 February 2019.

  • 25 Sep 2019

    “Liberia is a UN success story”, President George Manneh Weah told the annual United Nations high-level generalral debate in New York on Wednesday.

  • 25 Sep 2019

    The Gulf region is “on the edge of collapse”, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told world leaders on Wednesday at the annual high-level segment of the United Nations General Assembly, saying that “a single blunder can fuel a big fire”.

  • 25 Sep 2019

    Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the move to increase cooperation between the UN and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on Wednesday.

  • 25 Sep 2019

    Amman, 25 September 2019 - The Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths is saddened by the recent military activity that claimed once again the lives of scores of civilians, including children. “This is yet another heartbreaking event. ” Mr. Griffiths said.

    The Special Envoy calls on all parties to seize the opportunity that lies ahead and to commit to it. “I urge all to take tangible and quick steps to reduce the violence, respect international humanitarian law and...

  • 25 Sep 2019

    Advances in weaponry have made the world smaller, which means leaders are not only responsible for the fate of their citizens but of everyone else on the planet, the President of Ukraine told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.

  • 25 Sep 2019

    KABUL - In the run-up to voting on 28 September in presidential elections, the United Nations in Afghanistan urges all stakeholders to play their part in creating conditions for citizens to vote in...

  • 24 Sep 2019

    Kazakhstan, the Central Asian country which has renounced nuclear weapons, continued on Tuesday to urge the international community to make a nuclear-free world reality.

  • 24 Sep 2019

    In a world facing “enormous and diverse cross-border challenges”, the Emir of Qatar told the United Nations General Assembly’s high-level session on Tuesday that only international mechanisms can deter violators of international law, ensure sovereignty, prohibit land annexation and prevent armed conflicts through peaceful dispute resolution.

  • 24 Sep 2019

    Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro spoke out against what he characterized as “media lies” about the Amazon and  alleged manipulation of the indigenous people who live there.

  • 24 Sep 2019

    We are living in “a world of disquiet”, the United Nations chief told the High-level session of the General Assembly on Tuesday, urging the Heads of States present to advance “common good” while upholding “shared humanity and values”.

  • 24 Sep 2019

    KABUL - Effective coordination between government officials and the communities they serve will lead to improved public services and better development initiatives,...

  • 23 Sep 2019

    The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) signed today, an agreement with the European Union (EU) to renew the partnership to support Joint UNDP-DPPA programme on building national capacities for conflict prevention.

    The US$ 2.8 million agreement will aim at building, strengthening and consolidating national capacities for conflict prevention in conflict-affected, fragile countries, as well as countries undergoing political instability or difficult transitions.

    Through the deployment of Peace and Development Advisors (PDAs), the Joint UNDP-DPPA programme offers critical support to UN Resident Coordinators, the UN Country Teams and national stakeholders to consolidate local capacities for dialogue, mediation, social cohesion, and national infrastructures for peace. The Programme is currently active in more than 70 countries.

    "I am proud that today we are renewing our work with the Joint Programme. The programme is a crucial piece in the EU's overall support to the UN peace and security architecture, in a world where the number of conflicts is on the rise. Our joint efforts help ease tensions and sustain peace", said Hilde Hardeman, the Head of European Commission's Service for Foreign Policy Instruments.

    “The Joint Programme builds on the reformed peace and security and development pillars, and the strengths of the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) and UNDP collectively. Our Peace and Development Advisors are the embodiment of coherence of the UN for enhancing our support to national conflict prevention capacities. We very much value the EU’s partnership and support to our joint efforts”, said Miroslav Jenča, UN Assistant Secretary-General in UN DPPA.

    “The Peace and Development Advisors play a key role within UN Country Teams as they help the UN translate analysis into strategic actions and programmes on prevention. Notable examples across the globe include cross-border prevention programming, enhancing participation of women and youth in political processes, and developing early warning and response mechanisms,” stated Asako Okai, UN Assistant Secretary General and Director of UNDP’s Crisis Bureau.

    The Joint Programme is widely recognized for providing thought leadership on conflict prevention and is considered a unique example of how the political and development pillars of the UN can successfully work together in pursuit of preventing violent conflict and sustaining peace.

  • 23 Sep 2019

    New York --

    The United Nations Charter sends a clear message to us all: put people first.

    The first words of the Charter -- “we the peoples” – are a summons to place...

  • 23 Sep 2019

    UN-led discussions to secure a peaceful future for the people of Syria have resulted in agreement by the country’s Government and opposition representatives to the formation of a new Constitutional Committee in a bid to end the “tragedy” of more than eight years of fighting, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced on Monday.

  • 23 Sep 2019

    As global leaders gathered at UN Headquarters on Monday to present their plans to combat climate change, United States President Donald Trump put the spotlight on the need to safeguard religious freedom worldwide.

  • 23 Sep 2019

    The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) began today in Bissau, 23 september, a five-day training on specialized investigative techniques in the fight against...

  • 23 Sep 2019

    Press Release

    UN Report: Urgent need to resolve the PA’s Fiscal Crisis and Support the fragile Palestinian Economy; Gaza’s Health System faces serious challenges

    Monday, 23 September 2019, Jerusalem – A newly published United Nations report highlighted the urgency to resolve the continuing fiscal crisis faced by the Palestinian Authority (PA) and to support the Palestinian economy. It also called for increased attention on Gaza’s...

  • 21 Sep 2019

    Amid reports of a Saudi-led coalition airstrike near Yemen’s port city of Hudaydah, Secretary-General António Guterres expressed concerns for the attacks in a Saturday statement attributable to his Spokesperson, Stephane Dujjaric.

  • 21 Sep 2019

    21 September 2019, New York -  The Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, welcomes the initiative announced by Ansar Allah on 20 September, on the cessation of hostile military acts against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He also welcomes the expression of further openness towards the implementation of the Prisoner Exchange Agreement and the desire for a political solution to end the conflict.

    The Special Envoy stresses the importance of taking advantage of this...

  • 21 Sep 2019

    Mogadishu – A group of Somalia’s international partners* welcome the successful discussions on debt relief and financial governance between the Federal Government of...

  • 21 Sep 2019

    Mogadishu – As the world marks the International Day of Peace, the UN envoy to Somalia today encouraged all Somalis to contribute towards a sustainable peace in their country...

  • 20 Sep 2019


     

    14 - 20 September 2019

    This Week in DPPA aims to keep you abreast of developments and events on the agenda of the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, at UN HQ and in the field, and especially those that sometimes "fly under the radar".

    Security Council

    Special Envoy Griffiths strongly condemns attack on Saudi Arabia
    When briefing the Security Council on the situation in Yemen on 16 September, Special Envoy Martin Griffiths strongly condemned the attack on ARAMCO facilities in Saudi-Arabia on Saturday, 14 September. "At a minimum, this kind of action carries the risk of dragging Yemen into a regional conflagration," he told the Council.
    Read his full statement here
     

    Mladenov: "I unequivocally condemn all attacks on Palestinian and Israeli civilians”
    Special Coordinator Nickolay Mladenov briefed the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East on 20 September. "I unequivocally condemn all attacks on Palestinian and Israeli civilians, including settler-related violence, and call on all sides to refrain from violence and to clearly and unequivocally condemn attacks when they occur. All perpetrators must be held accountable for their crimes," he said.  
    Read his full statement here

     

    Colombia

    President visits a reintegration area
    Carlos Ruiz Massieu, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia, accompanied the visit of Colombian President Ivan Duque to the Miravalle, Caquetá Territorial Area for Training and Reintegration on 18 September to dialogue with ex-combatants and community members about the progress and challenges of the reintegration process and the security guarantees. "Those who are committed to demobilization, disarmament, reintegration, the principles of truth, justice, reparation, and non-repetition will always have the support of our government”, affirmed the president.
    Meanwhile, the SRSG said the President and the Government’s commitment to the reintegration of ex-combatants and to matters that are important for improving the situation of communities affected by the conflict has been very clear. “That commitment sustains the optimism of the United Nations to continue supporting the implementation of the Agreement,” he added.
    For more information, please contact DPPA

     

    Great Lakes

    Special Envoy visits the UK and France
    Huang Xia, Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region, visited the United Kingdom and France this week. In London, he met with government officials, civil society actors and experts from the private sector at Chatham House and briefed them on recent developments in the region. In Paris, he met with Louise Mushikiwabo, Secretary-General of Organisation internationale de la Francophonie at the OIF headquarters on 18 September.  
    For more information, please contact DPPA

     

    Somalia

    Key role of Somali youth in peace efforts highlighted in meeting with Head of UN Peacebuilding chief
    Together with Special Representative James Swan, Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, met with members of the Youth Advisory Board in Mogadishu on 15 September. “The fact that you have been selected to represent the wider constituency, reflects very much the spirit of how the United Nations, the Secretary-General’s envoy to Somalia and his team can benefit from your wisdom, your engagement and your opinions about what the UN is doing and could do much better,” Mr. Fernandez-Taranco said.
    Read the full story on UNSOM’s website


    New Deputy Special Representative arrives in Somalia
    Mr. Adam Abdelmoula of Sudan started his tenure as Deputy Special Representative, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia on 15 September.
    Read more about the appointment of Mr. Abdelmoula here

     

     

     

     

    Sri Lanka

    Youth Peace Panel launched in Sri Lanka 
    UN in Sri Lanka marked the International Day of Peace on 17 September with the publication of the key findings of a study on ‘The Potential Role of Young Leaders and Volunteers in Preventing Violent Extremism in Sri Lanka’ and the launch of the ‘Youth Peace Panel’, funded by the Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund. The study was commissioned by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and UN Volunteers (UNV). The launch of the ‘Youth Peace Panel’ introduced 30 young peace advocates from all nine of the country’s provinces. The Panel is independent and nonpartisan group. It aims to connect young people at grassroots level with key decision-makers and platforms to contribute towards peacebuilding efforts in Sri Lanka.
    For more information, please contact DPPA

     

    Iraq

    Special Representative visits IDP camp in Fallujah
    The Special Representative for Iraq and Head of UNAMI, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, visited Ameriyat al-Fallujah camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) on 15 September. Mohammed al-Halbousi, Iraqi Parliament Speaker, accompanied the Special Representative. They heard about the obstacles IDPs face in attempting to return to their areas of origin.
    For more information, please contact DPPA


     

    Afghanistan

    Participants of UN-backed TV series call for urgent ceasefire and a peaceful solution to end the war
    Participants of a UNAMA-backed television programme in the western province of Herat have added their voice to calls for an end to the conflict and the continuing harm combatants inflict upon civilians across the country. Speaking during a televised programme on Chekad TV in Herat, panellists representing civil society, religious and provincial authorities echoed Afghans across the country in calling for an urgent ceasefire and a peaceful solution to end the war. They expressed dismay that the conflict is escalating and further harming civilians, including women and children.
    Read the full story on UNAMA’s website

     

    New York

    Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo joins Twitter
    Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo launched her personal Twitter account on 20 September.
    Click here to follow.

     

    Interview with SRSG Tadamichi Yamamoto
    While in New York to brief the Security Council, Tadamichi Yamamoto, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Head of UNAMA was interviewed about the intra-Afghan dialogue, elections, civilian casualties and on how to safeguard the gains achieved over the past 18 years.
    Watch the interview here
    For more information, please contact DPPA



    New online course on Sustaining Peace
    Learn how to apply the concepts of Sustaining Peace and the Humanitarian-Development-Peace nexus in various contexts through the UN online course, “Introduction to Sustaining Peace”. The UN System Staff College (UNSSC) has opened registration for the second edition of the online course. Course materials were developed in collaboration with the Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO), the Development Coordination Office (DCO) and the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC). The training will provide participants with up-to-date information on sustaining peace and articulate how it relates to peacekeeping, peacebuilding, development, and humanitarian action.
    Read more about the course here

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  • 20 Sep 2019

    A recap of Friday’s top stories: Climate emergency threatening peace progress; Guterres urges States bring concrete answers to GA; Migrant shooting in Libya signals danger; Xenophobia attacks rise in South Africa; Record number get UN food aid in Libya.

  • 20 Sep 2019

    The “steady deterioration” of chances that a lasting peace can be negotiated between Israel and Palestine as two States live side by side, reflects a “collective failure” of leadership across the region and the world.

  • 20 Sep 2019

    Staff at UN Headquarters in New York joined untold numbers of students, scientists, organized labour, and everyday people worldwide, who took to the streets on Friday, demanding action to address climate change.

  • 20 Sep 2019

    Among the efforts to build a sustainably peaceful world, “urgent climate action is needed” to curb environmental threats to all our well-being and security, the Secretary-General told the annual peace gathering in New York on Friday, addressing a largely youthful crowd.  

  • 20 Sep 2019
  • 19 Sep 2019

    The UN Security Council on Thursday failed to reach consensus on either of two competing resolutions on a cessation of hostilities in Idlib, Syria: the last province in the war-torn nation that is still largely held by rebel forces.

  • 19 Sep 2019

    In December 2018, the UN signed a partnership with the recently created Journalists Consortium of Guinea-Bissau to create the first professional training course for journalists in the country....

  • 19 Sep 2019

    NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the continuing high number of attacks in Afghanistan in recent weeks, and, most lately, in Qalat, Zabul...

  • 18 Sep 2019

    A recap of Wednesday's top stories: Guterres previews next week's summit agenda; UN and Red Cross appeal to eliminate urban warfare; South Sudan's one-year peace progress report; Cameroon renews call for 'durable peace'; Cities both helping and hurting, when it comes to climate change action. 

  • 18 Sep 2019

    One year on from the signing of a Revitalized Agreement to ease conflict in South Sudan, the country’s political leaders “have met some, but certainly not all”, of the expectations laid out, the top UN official for the country told the Security Council on Wednesday.

  • 18 Sep 2019

    With some 50 million people in urban areas suffering from the impact of armed conflict, war in cities “cannot be back page news”, the UN Secretary-General and the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Wednesday.

  • 18 Sep 2019

    ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan

    On 18 September 2019, the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (...

  • 17 Sep 2019

    All Afghans have the right to live “free from fear, intimidation and violence”, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement on Tuesday strongly condemning two suicide attacks, which left dozens dead.

  • 17 Sep 2019
  • 17 Sep 2019

    GARDEZ – Participants of a UN-backed radio programme in the southeastern province of Paktya have called for urgent measures to end the conflict which has caused tens of thousands of civilian casualties....

  • 16 Sep 2019

    Attacks against oil facilities in Saudi Arabia over the weekend, claimed by rebel fighters in Yemen, are a sign that the war-torn country could be drawn into even greater conflict, the top United Nations official there told the Security Council on Monday.

  • 16 Sep 2019

    Hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya who remain in Myanmar may face a greater threat of genocide than ever, amid Government attempts to “erase their identity and remove them from the country”, UN-appointed independent investigators said on Monday.

  • 16 Sep 2019

    UN Photo / Eskinder Debebe

    Thank you, indeed Mr. President, and thank you for giving me again the opportunity to brief the Council today on the situation in Yemen....

  • 16 Sep 2019

    KABUL – The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) recognizes the efforts of the Afghan electoral authorities, as well as security forces and others, in preparing 28 September...

  • 16 Sep 2019

    KABUL – The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) recognizes the efforts of the Afghan electoral authorities, as well as security forces and others, in preparing 28 September presidential...

  • 16 Sep 2019

    Mogadishu, 15 September 2019 – Somali youth representatives were recently told of the importance that the United Nations attaches to young people’s role in national peacebuilding...

  • 15 Sep 2019

    The UN Secretary-General appealed on Sunday for “maximum restraint" following a wave of drone attacks claimed by Houthi rebels in Yemen, against a huge Saudi Arabian State-owned Armco petroleum processing facility, which threatens to disrupt global oil supplies. 

  • 15 Sep 2019

    The ongoing closure of crossing points on the administrative boundary line with South Ossetia is creating additional hardship for the local people and is further raising tensions.

    We are in contact with all relevant actors, urging them to abstain from taking unilateral steps that have negative humanitarian consequences for conflict-affected people and undermine stability on the ground.

    We call on all participants in the Geneva International Discussions to engage constructively within the existing security and dialogue mechanisms and to search for solutions to all issues of concern.

    It is in this respect essential that conflict-affected people are not subjected to additional hardship and that their human rights, including freedom of movement, are fully respected.

     

    We intend to discuss this and other worrying developments further during our upcoming consultations.