Mister President, Members of the Security Council, This month has witnessed a worrying continuation of the trends I have outlined repeatedly in this Council, particularly the destabilizing deterioration of the situation in…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Parfait Onanga-Anyanga of Gabon as his Special Representative to the African Union and Head of the United Nations Office to the African…
Hargeisa – The United Nations Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative and Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Adam Abdelmoula, visited Somaliland to assess the drought situation. He highlighted the…
UNOAU in collaboration with the British Peace Support Team, supported the African Union (AU) in the design, development and validation of the first AU Military pre-deployment training curriculum and resource package. Both…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNOU, (SRSG) Hanna Tetteh participated in the Munich Security Conference (MSC) 2022 in Munich, Germany, which was held from the 18 to 20 February. The main…
Amman, 19 February 2022 - The UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, concluded yesterday a visit to New York and Washington DC. Mr. Grundberg met with members of the UN Security Council and the UN Secretary-General to…
Statement of Special Representative Helen La Lime Mr. President, distinguished members of the Council, 1. It is an honor to once more provide you with an update on the situation in Haiti, which remains fraught and highly…
Mogadishu – International partners* note the election of approximately half of the seats in the House of the People. International partners again underscore the need for procedural irregularities to be addressed in an…
The Heads of State and Government of the Member States of the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) met under the Co-Chairpersonship of H.E. Charles Michel, President of the European Council and H.E. Macky Sall…
Mogadishu - International partners* note the election of approximately half of the seats in the House of the People. International partners again underscore the need for procedural irregularities to be addressed in an…
Somalia’s leaders must put aside their differences and urgently conclude a credible election process, the UN’s senior official in the country told the Security Council on Tuesday, noting that national elections are now more…
Question: What about your discussions with Mr. Mikdad, what’s new about these discussions? Mr. Pedersen: Thank you. Let me start by saying that we had very thorough in-depth discussions on all the aspects of the Syrian crisis…