News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

14 January 2014 - Burundi Second Vice-President, Gervais Rufyikiri, received the Chair of the Burundi Configuration of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission, Ambassador Paul Seger. Discussions between the two authorities focused on the follow-up of Geneva’s partners conference held in October…

28 January 2014 – The Secretary-General’s new report on Burundi is today discussed at the Security Council. Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Burundi will brief members on the latest developments in the country. In his report, Ban Ki-moon notes that…

28 January 2014 – Despite Burundi’s request that the United Nations mission helping it recover from decades of ethnic war end by mid-2014, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is recommending its renewal for another full year as the country moves towards crucial elections amid political violence and intra…

28 January 2014 - While Burundi had made substantial progress in overcoming formidable political, security and development challenges, the Government must show more “visionary leadership” than ever in protecting those gains as it worked to complete its peacebuilding process, the senior United…

13 février 2014 – Le Conseil de sécurité a prorogé jeudi le mandat du Bureau des Nations Unies au Burundi ( BNUB) jusqu'au 31 décembre 2014, en lui demandant de continuer de soutenir le gouvernement burundais et de préparer le transfert des responsabilités à l'équipe de pays des Nations Unies d'ici…

13 February 2014 – The Security Council today renewed until the end of the year the United Nations mission helping Burundi recover from decades of ethnic war, despite the Central African country's request to end it earlier, as it moves towards crucial elections amid political violence and intra…

5 March 2014 – Representatives of Burundian government, civil society, United Nations and partners today started a two-day meeting in Bujumbura aimed to exchange about projects to be funded through the $11,6m allocation recently granted to Burundi by the UN Peacebuilding Fund (PBF). The allocation…

11 March 2014 - The United Nations Office in Burundi (BNUB) said in a communique issued Monday that time has come for the entire Burundian political class to engage in renewed, inclusive and constructive political dialogue, both within each political party as well as between the different parties…

26 March 2014 –The United Nations Office in Burundi (BNUB), in coordination with the Government, plans to convene a meeting with political actors by May, aimed at resuming political dialogue and to help ease political tensions, as Burundi heads towards general elections in 2015. The announcement was…

9 April 2014 - The special Adviser of the United Nations Secretary General for genocide prevention Adama Dieng on Tuesday afternoon started a three-day working visit in Burundi as part of a sub-regional tour. The Special Adviser is holding meetings with Burundi authorities, including an audience…

10 April 2014 – The United Nations today called on the Government of Burundi to address ongoing political violence and restrictions on human rights, saying it is receiving “troubling” information about recent developments in the country. “The United Nations…has been raising concerns both with the…

1 April 2014 – Addressing the International Conference on Genocide Prevention in Brussels, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today declared that defending human rights is a global responsibility, and called on all Governments to renew their commitment to vigilance and political will to…