Rocrocdong – Climate shocks have costs beyond their direct visible impact as it is the case in places such as Bentiu, where flooding has forced communities to abandon their now-submerged villages and find what is likely to be permanent sanctuary in specially protected areas. In Western Bahr El Ghazal, increased deforestation had a more indirect impact, forcing cattle keepers to explore new routes during the migration season, with their journeys…
Bogotá, 6 March 2026. The Government of Japan announced a contribution of USD 4.5 million to support mine action efforts in Colombia through the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS). This support will help strengthen the country’s institutional and operational capacities to address contamination from anti-personnel mines and other explosive devices in areas most affected by the armed conflict. The cooperation was formalized during a note…
New York / Brussels, 23 April 2026 – The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Sudan has received new funding from the European Commission’s Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI) to support mine action activities aimed at improving civilian safety, humanitarian access, and early recovery in conflict-affected areas of Sudan. The €3 million contribution will support the implementation of the 18-month project “Rebuilding Sudan: Mine…
Today, Special Representative of the Secretary General, Hanna Tetteh, briefed the UN Security Council on the latest developments in Libya from Tripoli.
22 April 2026 – As part of his continuing regional engagements, the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, concluded today a visit to Muscat, where he met with senior Omani officials to discuss the way forward for Yemen’s peace process amid evolving regional dynamics. The Special Envoy highlighted Oman’s crucial role in supporting dialogue and underscored the importance of regional support for the UN mediation process. The Special Envoy also…
TRIPOLI – For their third session: members of the Structured Dialogue’s Governance Track met for four days during April 13-16 to develop recommendations on unifying and strengthening the governance framework in Libya and identifying a path to inclusive elections. Members discussed ways to strengthen the constitutional and executive governance to overcome the current political bottleneck as well as local governance. Deputy Special Representative…
14 December - A delegation from the European Commission (EC), an executive body of the European Union, arrived today in El Fasher, North Darfur, on a fact-finding mission. The purpose of the visit was to assess the situation…
As voters' registration for the scheduled April 2010 national elections closed on 7 December, citizens throughout Sudan rushed to add their names before the books were officially closed. By the end of the day, a total of more…
Some 1,200 Mabaan internally displaced persons (IDPs) set off from Ed Damazin, Blue Nile State, to their homes in Upper Nile State in two convoys on 7 and 14 December, the last UN and state joint organized return to that area…
Human Rights Day was celebrated throughout Sudan on 10 December with speeches, poetry, dances, football matches and military parades. Warrap State residents gathered in Kuajok's Freedom Square, together with state ministers…
GENEVA - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has made its first visit to Afghan prisoners held by the Taliban. The visit took place last month in the north-western province of Badghis. Patrick Maigua reports…
KABUL - A new vaccine against polio will be used for the first time, today, in Afghanistan, as a campaign to immunize some 3 million children gets underway. The bivalent oral vaccine, known as bOPV, can protect children…
The Human Rights and Transitional Justice Section (HRTJS) of UNMIT is pleased to announce the 2010 United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) – Timor-Leste Scholarship Competition. The scholarship…
The Minister of Defense of Poland visited the Polish contingent in Iriba on 6 December 2009 to see first-hand the achievements of the contingent on the ground since its arrival in the country in March 2008, and to welcome the…
As the rest of the world, MINURCAT also celebrated World AIDS Day last week. The ceremony to launch the activities of the day took place in Abeche, the capital of eastern Chad, on 3 December 2009. World AIDS Day is organized…
N'Djamena, 9 December 2009 -- Major-General Gerardo Chaumont, MINURCAT Police Commissioner, was decorated Chevalier of the Chadian National Order by the Special Representative of the President of Chad, Major-General Oki…
KABUL - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will enter its fourth decade of engagement with the refugee crisis in Afghanistan this month. Press Conference Transcript The Soviet occupation of the country…