News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
The AU Peace and Security Council (PSC), at its 1301st meeting on 17 Sept. 2025, reaffirmed the nexus between climate change, peace, and security, recalling prior AUPSC decisions and strategies. It welcomed outcomes of the…
KABUL - The UN Security Council is scheduled to hold a session on Afghanistan tomorrow 17 September, at 10:00 hours New York local time (18:30 hours Kabul local) and can be followed at http://webtv.un.org The session will…
On 16 September 2025, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to the African Union and Head of UNOAU, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, met with H.E. Tebelelo Alfred Boang, Ambassador of Botswana and…
Mogadishu – Attending the launch of a national plan to counter the threat posed by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) across Somalia, the
Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, I have repeatedly emphasized to this Council that stability in Yemen cannot be separated from the wider dynamics of the region. Yemen’s unresolved conflict is like a fault line…
KABUL - Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, visited Kunar province this week, where recent earthquakes have devastated communities and left nearly half a million people in urgent need…
A monthly roundup of UNOAU’s updates on peace, security, governance and cooperation across the UN-AU partnership this month.
From 1 to 15 September 2025, the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU) supported the facilitation of the Comprehensive Protection of Civilians (CPOC) Course held in Nairobi, Kenya. The training was organized in…
On 15 September 2025, Ambassador Miguel Bembe, Permanent Representative of Angola to the African Union and Chairperson of the AU Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) for September, met with Ambassador Sangjin Kim, Deputy…
The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the detentions since 31 August of at least 21 United Nations personnel by the Houthis, as well as the forced entry into premises of the World Food Programme (WFP) and the…
The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the detentions since 31 August of at least 21 United Nations personnel by the Houthis, as well as the forced entry into premises of the World Food Programme and UNICEF…
United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert met with Lebanon's top leaders in Beirut this week, following the 5 September decision of the Lebanese cabinet to welcome a plan for the realization of…