News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Bujumbura, April 05, 2011_ Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's message on the seventeenth Commemoration of the Genocide in Rwanda, observed 7 April: Today, we honour the memory of more than 800,000 people murdered in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Our thoughts are also with the survivors…

Bujumbura, April 05, 2011_The lucky ones among Burundi's 3,421 former child soldiers who went through a demobilization, disarmament and reintegration (DDR) process returned to school but most languish in poverty, with little to do, officials told IRIN. "We receive cases every day of these people…

23 March 2011 – The Security Council can benefit from enhanced interaction with the United Nations body set up to help post-conflict countries avoid slipping back into war, the head of the Peacebuilding Commission said today. As the 15-member Council discussed post-conflict peacebuilding, Ambassador…

Bujumbura, April 21, 2011_Peacebuilding Commission Adopts Outcome of Final Strategic Framework for Burundi as Delegates Hail 'Milestone' in Four-Year-Old Process 'We're Not Moving Back', Vows Foreign Minister, As Head of United Nations Integrated Office Highlights Country's Gains Praising Burundi…

PBC_BDI_GoB Statement to 5th review Strategic Framework

Bujumbura, May 06, 2011_United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Rosine Sori-Coulibaly of Burkina Faso as Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Office in Burundi (BNUB) and United Nations Resident Coordinator, Resident Representative and…

Bujumbura, May 18, 2011_Burundi is making commendable efforts to consolidate its post-conflict peacebuilding process, the United Nations top official in the central African country told the Security Council today, calling on the international community to continue supporting its steps towards…

Bujumbura, May 19, 2011_Sixteen countries have announced concrete commitments aimed at drastically reducing current levels of maternal, newborn and child mortality, the United Nations reported today. The commitments, largely in the form of specific budgetary increases for maternity and natal care…

Bujumbura, May 20, 2011_The top United Nations official in Burundi today welcomed the selection of the members of the independent national human rights commission, saying they are an appropriate reflection of the small African country's ethnic, regional and gender make-up. Karin Landgren, the…

Bujumbura, May 23, 2011_The United Nations independent expert on human rights in Burundi today welcomed what he said were several positive rights developments in the small African country, but cautioned about the continuing problems of extrajudicial killings and prison conditions. Fatsah Ouguergouz…

Bujumbura, May 24, 2011_India and Africa vowed to further cement their relations as India pledges a 5 billion U.S. dollars credit line and new institutions to Africa at the 2nd Africa-India Forum Summit which opened on Tuesday. Heads of the states and governments from India and African countries…

Bujumbura, May 28, 2011_The Ministers from the member states of the East African Community (EAC) representing have called for the region to increase budgetary allocations to the agriculture sector and establish structures to implement agreed policies to boost food security and respond to climate…