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12 February 2014 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today began to airlift food into the Central African Republic where 1.25 million people are affected by violence that the top UN refugee official now fears is "ethnic-religious cleansing".A WFP-chartered Boeing 747 from neighbouring…

Time is of the essence if the international community does not want to fail the people of the Central African Republic (CAR), top United Nations officials warned today, as they urged collective action to stop the killing and save the country from its current nightmare. “The crisis that continues to…

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Mr. Abou Moussa, met with the Chadian Minister of Foreign Affairs and African Integration on 25 February 2014 in N'Djamena after a working session on the eve with the…

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has again taken to the airwaves to deliver a personal appeal to the people of strife-riven Central African Republic (CAR) to lay down their weapons, come together, and end the spiralling bloodshed and inter-communal violence that has plagued the country…

Bangui, 26 February, 2014 – Since Saturday, 22 February, the main radio stations in the Central African Republic (CAR) have been broadcasting messages from the Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, and world stars calling on the people of the CAR to end the bloodshed and lay down their arms. In his…

Bangui, 25 February 2014 – The Chairperson of the International Commission of Inquiry tasked with investigating human rights violations in the Central African Republic, Bernard Acho Muna, will be visiting Bangui from 26 February until 1 March, for the first time since his appointment last month. The…

Bangui, March 3, 2014 - The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General a.i. of the United Nations, Georg Charpentier, arrived in the CAR on March 1, and has immediately assumed duty. Mr. Charpentier will also serve as the Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative of the United…

Bangui, March 4, 2014 - the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic (CAR), Mrs Marie Thérèse Keita Bocoum, has started, on 4 March 2014, a ten day visit in the CAR.

The present report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 48 of Security Council resolution 2127 (2013), by which the Council requested me, in consultations with the African Union, to report to it with recommendations on the possible transformation of the African-led International Support Mission in the…

6 March 2014 – Top United Nations officials today underscored the need for urgent action to confront the myriad challenges facing the Central African Republic (CAR), as the Security Council considered Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's proposals for deploying a peacekeeping mission that will be tasked…

Libreville (Gabon), 7 March 2014 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Central Africa, Mr. Abou Moussa, will travel to Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, on Friday 7 March, for a one-week working visit. He will meet with the authorities with whom he will exchange information on…