Geopolitics
New York, May 29 (JEN): On Thursday, the Greek Cypriot leader, Nicos Anastasiades, and the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mustafa Akinci, took the next steps towards fulfilling their joint vision for a united federal Cyprus, the United Nations Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Cyprus has confirmed. more
UN envoy continues Syria consultations, seeking to initiate political process

New York, May 23 (JEN): The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria has said on Friday that consultations on the future of the country continued on Friday, as he shared perspectives with seve ...

UN envoy on Syria meets Saudi minister

New York, May 8 (JEN): As part of ongoing Geneva consultations on Syria, the United Nations Special Envoy for the country, Staffan de Mistura, met on Thursday with Prince Mohammed bin Saud b ...

UN envoy announces start of talks to achieve return to political track on Syria

New York, May 6 (JEN): A series of consultations that began on Tuesday in Geneva aim to redouble international efforts in search of a political process to resolve the conflict in Syria, the ...

UN special envoy on Ebola response makes first visit to Sierra Leone

New York, Apr 30 (JEN):The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said that surveillance and community engagement still require improvement in some areas of Guinea and S ...

UN envoy on Middle East peace meets Palestinian Prime Minister

New York, Apr 16 ((JEN): The United Nations official charged with coordinating the Middle East peace process said on Wednesday that he is pleased

UN envoy lauds historic Myanmar ceasefire

New York, Apr 1 (JEN): The latest ceasefire reached between the Government of Myanmar and 16 ethnic armed groups operating in the Asian country is “a historic and significant achieveme ...

UN envoy appreciates progress in Libya's latest peace talks

New York, Mar 28 (JEN): Libyan stakeholders have reached a consensus on a range of issues, including on the need for a unity government and security arrangements, and are now convinced that ...

UN envoy says Libya on cusp of ‘decisive moment’ as parties resume peace talks

New York, Mar 21 (JEN) Negotiations between Libyan parties are entering a “decisive round” as continued fighting and the menace of terrorism cast a sense of urgency to the United ...

UN envoy welcomes lifting of house arrest of Yemeni leaders

New York, Mar 18 (JEN): The United Nations Special Adviser on Yemen, Jamal Benomar, welcomed the lifting of the house arrest of the country’s Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and othe ...