In line with UNIFIL’s ongoing efforts to alleviate the hardships faced by people displaced from towns and villages in southern Lebanon, peacekeepers have continued to expand their support to affected populations currently staying both inside and outside the mission’s area of operations. The beneficiaries included those forced from areas heavily impacted by the recent and ongoing hostilities – particularly those from areas near the Blue Line whose…
A brief roundup of United Nations political and peacebuilding events and developments globally. Deputy Special Envoy Cordone highlights accountability efforts and ongoing challenges in Syria On 15 May, Claudio Cordone, Deputy Special Envoy of the Secretary-General (DSESG) for Syria, highlighted before the Security Council progress on accountability efforts in the country and sustained regional and international engagement. He warned, however…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert of the Netherlands as his new Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security, United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS). She will succeed Gilles Michaud of Canada, to whom the Secretary-General expressed his outmost gratitude for his leadership and tireless service to the Organization amidst the challenges posed by the…
Depuis fin mars 2026, 400 nouveaux jeunes, dont 201 femmes, de la préfecture du Bamingui-Bangoran acquièrent de nouvelles compétences qui leur permettront, à termes, de développer des activités génératrices de revenus. Pour tous les bénéficiaires de la phase 9 du Programme de réduction de violences communautaires de la MINUSCA, le CVR est synonyme de l’espoir retrouvé pour un avenir meilleur. Entre apprentissage professionnel et éducation au ‘…
13 May 2026. Approximately 90 guests commemorated the 37 th anniversary of the political party dialogue hosted by Slovakia in Cyprus at an event organized by the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Nicosia in the buffer zone at Ledra Palace Hotel. Sergiy Illarionov, Head of the Good Offices Mission of the UN Secretary-General in Cyprus gave remarks, in addition to Denisa Saková, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of the Slovak…
The Secretary-General welcomes the deal reached between the parties to the conflict in Yemen to release more than 1,600 conflict-related detainees, the largest such release agreed upon since the start of the conflict in Yemen. This achievement is the result of weeks of direct negotiations in Amman, Jordan, under the auspices of the United Nations. The Secretary-General calls on the parties to move swiftly toward implementing the deal in…
Dozens of community leaders and traditional chiefs took part, from 12 to 13 May 2026, in a series of training sessions held simultaneously in Mambasa-centre (Mambasa territory) and in Gina and Risasi (Djugu territory), in Ituri province. Organized by MONUSCO’s Civil Affairs Section in collaboration with the Provincial Territorial Administration Inspectorate and Civil Protection services, the trainings aimed to strengthen community-based civilian…
عربي (Arabic Translation) The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcome a significant contribution from the People of Japan to launch a joint two-year project aimed at restoring agricultural livelihoods and strengthening resilience in northwest Syria. This is the first-ever joint FAO-UNMAS project globally. The "Project for the Clearance of Mine and Unexploded Ordnance…
The Regional Service Centre Entebbe has no client queries pending over 30 days. This declaration was made by The Chief Client Service Delivery Pillar (CSDP), Ms Benta Aseto at the regular User Group VTC Meeting in the Kofi…
Opposition and Government forces move to training site in Western Equatoria Ululation, dancing and singing marked the start of a long journey for opposition troops as they headed to a training site in Western Equatoria to…
Port-au-Prince, February 1, 2020 - The Core Group (composed of the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations, the Ambassadors of Brazil, Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Spain, and the…
Mogadishu – Over one hundred participants from Benadir Region joined today the inaugural consultative meeting on the constitutional review process, organized by the federal Ministry of Constitutional Affairs (MoCA). The three…
UN Youth Envoy Jayathma Wickramanayake speaking at the launch of South Sudan's first ever State of the Youth Report. “I have been to some of the places with the worst humanitarian conditions in the world, but even there the…
UNMISS workshop in Eastern Equatoria building leadership skills among young women. “We are empowered. We don’t have to be silent. We must move to educate people about the possible causes of conflict and suggest solutions for…
25 - 31 January 2020 This Week in DPPA is a brief roundup of political and peacebuilding events and developments at UNHQ and around the world. Washington, D.C. The Future of Multilateral Peacebuilding Under-Secretary-General…
The first Workshop on Information Technology Needs of UN Police took place at the UN Information and Communications Technology Facility of Valencia, Spain on 20 and 21 January 2020. Organized by the Police Division of the…
AGRICULTURE | FAO steps up efforts to mitigate and avoid disastrous consequences in Somalia after worst desert locust outbreak in 25 years Locusts are a severe threat to Somalia’s fragile food security, with the recent…
“I have been to some of the places with the worst humanitarian conditions in the world, but even there the numbers were better than the ones we are seeing here today, particularly when it comes to youth unemployment and child…
“We are empowered. We don’t have to be silent. We must move to educate people about the possible causes of conflict and suggest solutions for peace in our communities.” That was the message from women’s representative, Fatuma…
On 29 January 2020, Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, met Ambassador Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, the new Head of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX), at UNMIK…