World: Remarks by Director for Policy and Mediation Division at the high-level side event "Reimagining Mediation in a Changing Global Landscape: Adapting to New Conflict Dynamics" [as delivered] (29 October 2026)

Country: World Source: UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs New York, UN Asif Khan, Director, Policy and Mediation Division, UN Department for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Thank you very much, and good afternoon. Thank you, Madam Chair. And I especially want to thank our representative from UN Women for her inspiring words. I, on the other hand, I'm going to start with some bad news, and then come to some concrete examples. I work for DPPA, the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs. We support mediation processes, as some of you know, around the world in some