As the capabilities and functions of AI continue to grow, the Department examines how it can be used to enhance the work of conflict prevention, while ensuring that ethical considerations are fully addressed. Excitement about the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to transform our lives has reached a fever pitch…

A s the UN marks 75 years of its special political missions, Politically Speaking has been talking with the Secretary-General’s Representatives and Envoys about their current work and how they view the future of diplomacy for peace.

The social cohesion project — launched by the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) — brings divergent groups together through the interchange of ideas. One bright summer morning last year, hundreds of people gathered in Guézon, a town in western Côte d’Ivoire, for a “Peace Caravan” inter-community…

As the UN marks 75 years of its special political missions, Politically Speaking talks with the Secretary-General’s Representatives and Envoys about their current work and how they view the future of diplomacy for peace. A head of his latest briefing to the Security Council, Special Representative Carlos Ruiz Massieu updated…

As the UN marks 75 years of its special political missions, Politically Speaking talks with the Secretary-General’s Representatives and Envoys about their current work and how they view the future of diplomacy for peace. Ahead of his latest briefing to the Security Council, Special Envoy Hans Grundberg discussed the importance…

From Ukraine to Yemen, Sudan and Colombia, the report illustrates how the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs’ effective operational deployments and engagement with the right partners and actors made a vital difference around the globe, at a relatively low cost. In 2022, the global community saw multiple threats to…

The top UN political official reiterated the commitment of the Secretary-General to finding a lasting, peaceful solution. NICOSIA, CYPRUS — Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo made her first trip to Cyprus from 15 to 18 March 2023. DiCarlo held talks with Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar…

The top UN official for political and peacebuilding affairs gave opening remarks at a high-level meeting on financing for the African Union (AU) Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), which was co-chaired by the AU Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Bankole Adeoye. Adequate financing is critical for the Somali…

The Office of the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Cyprus is working to help build and nurture connections and interactions across the island, bringing together Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities. The island of Cyprus, which lies in the Mediterranean Sea to the east of Greece and south of…