UN Secretary-General welcomes election of Catherine Samba Panza as Head of State of the Transition
20 January 2014 – The Secretary-General welcomes the election of Ms. Catherine Samba Panza as Head of State of the Transition of the Central African Republic through a transparent process led by the National Transitional…
Rapport du Secrétaire général sur la situation en RCA et sur les activités du BINUCA dans ce pays
1. Le présent rapport fait suite à la demande exprimée par le Conseil de sécurité dans la déclaration de son président en date du 26 septembre 2001 (S/PRST/2001/25) par laquelle le Conseil me priait de le tenir régulièrement…
Brutality against children in Central African Republic reaches unprecedented levels – UN
22 January 2014 – With brutality against children in the Central African Republic (CAR) reaching unprecedented levels as youngsters are maimed, killed and beheaded, and amid rampant sexual violence, the world community must…
Central African Republic at a critical juncture, warns Pillay
GENEVA (27 January 2014) – The Central African Republic is now at a critical juncture, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay warned on Monday, amid renewed fighting and the flight of ex-Séléka and…
Security Council authorizes EU force, new sanctions regime in Central African Republic
28 January 2014 – Seriously concerned by widespread human rights violations and the "increasing cycle of violence and retaliation" in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Security Council today extended the mandate of the…
Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General in CAR
The Secretary-General welcomes the announcement of the new Government in the Central African Republic (CAR). He congratulates the Head of State of the Transition, Ms. Catherine Samba Panza and the Prime Minister, Mr. André…
With BINUCA’s support, Electoral Authority starts groundwork ahead of elections
From 14 to 27 January, members of the National Electoral Authority (NEA) visited 11 of the 16 prefectures of the Central African Republic (CAR). Their goal was to establish an initial inventory of the resources available for…
Insecurity in Central African Republic hampering access to civilians outside Bangui
30 January 2014 – Unless the security situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) improves, humanitarian agencies will not have sufficient access to people in the provinces outside the capital Bangui, the United Nations…
Central Africa Republic: UN scales up efforts to assist children impacted by conflict
4 February 2014 – Amid continued fighting in the Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and partners are setting up temporary classrooms for more than 20,000 children in the capital…
Head of State of the Transition says recent incident in Bangui is unacceptable
Bangui, 7 February 2014 - Today, the Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Office for Peacebuilding in the Central African Republic (BINUCA), General Babacar Gaye, was…
UN Special Representative concerned about persistent insecurity in Bangui
Bangui, 10 February, 2014 - The violence that has engulfed the city of Bangui for several weeks was this weekend punctuated by the killing of Jean-Emmanuel Ndjaroua, a member of the National Council transition (CNT), by…
Statement of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda
Over the past months, I have issued a number of public statements urging all groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) engaged in the on-going conflict to immediately cease the violence, and warning them that those alleged…