ENTEBBE, UGANDA - "Security institutions that reflect the diversity of the communities they serve are stronger, more trusted, and more effective.” That was the encouraging message from the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Political, Graham Maitland, at the opening of a Regional Benchmarking Exercise on Gender Mainstreaming and Inclusivity in the Organized Forces of South Sudan. The initiative is much more than a workshop…

Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee's Remarks to the Security Council on the situation in Central Africa and the activities of UNOCA New York, 9 June 2026 Here is the corrected text with the awkward line breaks fixed, the random "As delivered" lines and page numbers completely removed, and the overall spacing streamlined for a clean, professional layout. Madam President, Excellencies, Distinguished members of the Security Council, It is an…

Through its Gender Section, MONUSCO participated in the High-Level Strategic Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) in the Great Lakes Region, held on 3 and 4 June 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya. Co-organized by the Office of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region, UN Women, the African Union, the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), ACCORD, and GIZ, the meeting…

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan

The RSCE has joined a coordinated international effort to contain the spread of the Bundibugyo Virus Disease, a severe form of Ebola.

Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo's Remarks to the Security Council on Ukraine New York, 8 June 2026 Mister President, The war in Ukraine is deadlier today than at any point since the start of the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion in 2022. Each succeeding year of the war has recorded more civilians killed than the previous one. Meanwhile, across the broader region, concerns continue to grow about the risk of further escalation…

On 8 June 2026, the African Union Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security, the United Nations Office to the African Union, the Institute for Security Studies and the Institute for Peace and Security Studies concluded the Joint Commemoration of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers at the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa. Held under the theme “Invest in Peace,” the commemoration paid tribute to the service…

UNIFIL peacekeepers facilitated safe movement of Lebanese Red Cross and Civil Defense ambulances carrying patients in urgent need of medical care who had been stranded for days in the town of Rmeish due to intensified fighting along the main access routes, escorting them out of the village yesterday. As soon as the situation of the patients was reported to the Commander of UNIFIL Sector West, Brigadier General Andrea Fraticelli, who was in the…

NEW YORK - The Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan, and Officer-in-Charge for UNAMA, Georgette Gagnon, today briefed the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan. Read the full text of the Security Council briefing by DSRSG Georgette Gagnon

8 June 2026, Mogadishu – Twenty-three United Nations Support personnel have successfully completed an intensive four-day training program designed to advance their project management capabilities. The course equipped participants with internationally recognized project management methodologies, tools, and techniques aligned with the Project Management Institute (PMI) standards. The participants, drawn from key United Nations Support Office in…