Kismayo – The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (DSRSG) for Somalia, Fatiha Serour, paid an official visit to Kismayo on 6 November, where she met with Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe, Leader of the Interim…
06 November 2014 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) takes note of the Supreme Court’s ruling, and will be studying it closely. In this regard, UNSMIL is consulting closely with Libyan stakeholders across…
Kinshasa, 6 November 2014 - The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, Said Djinnit, attended the third meeting of the Ministers of Mines of the Members States of the International Conference on…
I had a good meeting with Speaker Berri. I briefed him on the Secretary-General’s report on resolution 1701 which issues today in New York. We welcomed the continued calm prevailing along the Blue Line and in the south. We of…
5 November 2014 - Noting the current stability in Burundi's security situation, two United Nations officials briefing the Security Council today urged vigilance, but expressed confidence that the Government would continue on…
Hargeisa – The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (DSRSG) for Somalia, Fatiha Serour, has made an official visit to Somaliland, where she attended the High Level Aid Coordination Forum in Hargeisa, and…
Cairo, Egypt 04 November 2014 - United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (UN WOMEN) facilitated a…
KABUL - Senior United Nations officials in Afghanistan welcomed the passing of legislation earlier this week by the Afghan Lower House of Parliament to criminalize underage recruitment in the Afghan National Security Forces…
Cairo, 01 November 2014 A workshop under the theme “Libyan Women’s Demands for Constitution” opened in Cairo on the weekend. Women members of the Libyan Parliament and the Constitution Drafting-Assembly, as well as other…
3 November 2014 - A United Nations Strategic Assessment Mission (SAM) is in the country for a two-week task to conduct a comprehensive review of the mandate of UNIOGBIS.The eleven-man delegation led by Christopher Coleman…
31 October 2014 - UNIOGBIS PIU held on 30-31 October in Bafatá (east) a training workshop on "Building Public Opinion in a Democratic State", the second of four, covering all the nine regions of Guinea-Bissau, in the…
Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, has expressed deep concern over the political tensions between President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Abdiweli…