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Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary A. DiCarlo’s Remarks to the Security Council on Syria New York, 18 December 2025 Mr. President, One year ago, the hope of millions of Syrians was realized when then President Assad fled the country. As they celebrated earlier…

A brief roundup of United Nations-related political and peacebuilding events and developments globally. USG DiCarlo briefs Security Council on Syria’s transition, security challenges, and path toward reconciliation On 18 December, Under-Secretary-General (USG) for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs…

Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific Khaled Khiari's Remarks to the Security Council on Sudan New York, 22 December 2025 Mr. President, Since the Secretariat’s last briefing on Sudan in October, the conflict has again intensified - confirming fears that the dry…

Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary A. DiCarlo’s Remarks to the Security Council on Non-proliferation New York, 23 December 2025 Mister President, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015). As the…

Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific Khaled Khiari's Remarks to the Security Council on Venezuela New York, 23 December 2025 Thank you, Mr. President, Excellencies, The United States’ military presence and operations in the Southern Caribbean, off the coast of…

On 18 May 2018, the 56th meeting of the joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) chaired by the United Nations was held in Gali town with the participation of Georgian, Russian, Abkhaz and EUMM (European Union Monitoring Mission) representatives. The meeting took place in a…

On 25 April 2018, the 55th meeting of the joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) chaired by the United Nations was held in Gali town with the participation of Georgian, Russian, Abkhaz and EUMM (European Union Monitoring Mission) representatives. The overall security situation on…

On 21 March 2017, the Office of the United Nations Representative to the Geneva International Discussions (UNRGID) organized and chaired the 44th meeting of the Gali joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM). The meeting took place in a constructive and business-like atmosphere. With…

The 43rd round of the Geneva International Discussions has just concluded. In Working Group I, the participants reviewed the security situation on the ground. While the overall security situation was assessed as relatively calm and stable, the Co-Chairs reiterated their strong concern over the…

On 21 March 2018, the 54th meeting of the joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in Gali under the United Nations chairmanship, with the participation of Georgian, Russian, Abkhaz and EUMM (European Union Monitoring Mission) representatives. In his opening remarks the Chair…

On 27 February 2018, the 53rd meeting of the joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in Gali town under the chairmanship United Nations, with the participation of Georgian, Russian, Abkhaz and EUMM (European Union Monitoring Mission) representatives. The meeting took place…

The Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions have taken note with strong concern of reports of the death in custody in Tskhinvali on 22 February of Mr. Archil Tatunashvili, and express their condolences to the family of the deceased. They also note that, according to reports, a post-mortem…