A brief roundup of United Nations political and peacebuilding events and developments globally. Personal Envoy Jean Arnault visits Tehran This week, the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Middle East Conflict and its Consequences, Jean Arnault, traveled to Tehran, Iran. On 9 April, he met with senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and representatives of the Iranian Red Crescent, and visited civilian sites damaged in…
Amman, 10 April 2026 – The UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, travelled from Aden to Riyadh as part of his ongoing engagements to advance a Yemeni-led political process under UN auspices. The Special Envoy met with the President of the Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad Al-Alimi. They discussed progress on stabilization in Government areas and ways to advance the peace process. Grundberg also met with the Ambassador of the Kingdom…
Press Release- Security Council Briefing 09 April 2026 SRSG Peter Due Calls for Continued Dialogue and Trust-Building During His First Briefing to the UN Security Council on Kosovo 09 April 2026 – Today, during his first briefing to the UN Security Council briefing on Kosovo since assuming his duties three months ago, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG), Peter Due, provided an update on the latest developments. The SRSG…
MALAKAL - In Upper Nile, extraordinary flooding is creating new challenges for communities already struggling with persistent conflict, widespread displacement, and extreme economic hardship. “There used to be many houses in this area, but they have all been lost after five years of flooding. People are deeply unhappy and struggling to rebuild their lives,” explains fisherman, Daniel Deng. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan is working with…
JONGLEI – In Bor, cattle are more than livestock. They are a source of pride, wealth, and identity. For generations, cattle keeping has been the domain of South Sudanese men while women are relegated to tasks such as milking, cheese and butter making, and caring for goats and chickens. But a quiet transformation is taking place as women step up as community animal health workers, after receiving training from Indian peacekeeping veterinarians…
After his arrival in Kinshasa on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, the new Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of MONUSCO, James Swan, has officially taken up his duties, The day after his arrival in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, he visited the Mission’s headquarters in Kinshasa, where he met with staff members. “ I am honored to arrive in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to assume my functions as Special…
Tunis – Twenty-seven Libyan representatives from key state institutions, legal bodies and civil society convened in Tunis on 27 March for the fifth meeting of the Expert Committee on the Legal Framework for Missing Persons, jointly supported by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Participants included members of the House of Representatives and the High Council of State, as…
Unified security institutions and implementation of the Ceasefire Agreement
TRIPOLI - On 7 April, UNMSIL’s Mine Action Programme, together with the Libyan Mine Action Centre (LibMAC) and national and international mine action organizations held a commemoration ceremony in Tripoli to mark the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action under the theme “Invest in Peace, Invest in Mine Action.” The event brought together around 100 participants, including representatives of mine action organizations…
17 April 2015 - A Libyan Political Dialogue round, facilitated by UNSMIL, commenced on Wednesday 15 April 2015, in the city of Skhirat, Morocco, with the aim of finding a political solution to Libya’s crisis
Mogadishu – The United Nations, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the European Union (EU), African Union Mission in Somalia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy, Ethiopia, Uganda and Turkey…
More than 30 people representing the civilian and judicial authorities as well as civil society met on12-13 April at the centre d’alerte pacifique of Aru territory to reflect on what mechanisms to put in place in order to…
The Civil Affairs Section of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), on Tuesday, 14 April 2015, organized a series of intercommunity dialogue sessions in Diaï, 684 km northwest of Abidjan. The objective of…
Kinshasa, 17 April 2015 – “I am deeply shocked by the killings of civilians near Beni. It is absolutely necessary that FARDC and MONUSCO resume their cooperation. Together it will be possible to avoid a further deterioration…
Bukavu, 13 April 2015 — Putting an end to the most serious violations of human rights in the DR Congo – that is the goal that the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region and the United Nations Joint Human Rights…
On 14 April, the Gender and Political Affaires sections of MONUSCO/Ituri took part in an informal meeting, organized by the head of Gender and Family office of the ex-Ituri district, on the issue of women’s potential…
As part of its efforts to build capacity among Darfuri youth, UNAMID’s Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) Section, on 14 April 2015, concluded a three-month vocational training initiative in Mellit, North…
The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the attack by Al-Shabaab on 14 April at the Ministry of Higher Education in Mogadishu which killed Somali civilians, as well as members of the Somalia National Security…
PAKTIKA - At a UN-backed workshop in Paktika, religious scholars and community leaders identified illiteracy as a significant barrier to the eastern province’s development, and called on women and girls to focus on education…
A round of Libyan political dialogue, facilitated by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) convened in the city of Skhirat in Morocco from 20 to 26 March 2015.