News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

3 March 2010 - Security sector reform remains the most crucial element to ensuring stability in Guinea-Bissau, according to a new United Nations report released today, which calls on the international community to support the country's efforts towards this goal. In his latest report on developments…

25 February - Guinea-Bissau today adopted its national plan of action for the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325, following an inclusive consultation process involving the authorities and civil organizations supported by the UN. The Plan will be officially launched by the government…

23 February 2010 - A joint mission of United Nations and African Union (AU) today met with Guinea-Bissau authorities during a visit aimed to assess the country's situation and to express their organizations solidarity. Mr. Ramtane Lamamra, AU commissioner for Peace and Stability, Mr. Said Djinnit…

8 February 2010 - Despite an encouraging commitment to peacebuilding priorities on the part of the Guinea-Bissau authorities, there had been only slow progress in security-sector reform, economic development and combating drug trafficking, the Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission's relevant…

2 February 2010 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the UN Integrated Office for Peacebuilding in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) considers "2010 a critical year for the United Nations in Guinea-Bissau", calling for a UN common strategy to address the country's…

8 January 2010 - The Government of Guinea-Bissau and the United Nations signed today an agreement leading to the voluntary departure, under guarantee, of Rear Admiral José Américo Bubo Na Tchuto from the UN premises in Bissau. The agreement between the Government of Guinea-Bissau and the United…

6 January 2010 - A Government delegation of six led by Ms. Hadja Satu Camara, Minister of Interior of Guinea-Bissau, on Tuesday 5 January 2010, met with Rear Admiral José Américo Bubo Na Tchuto at the United Nations compound in Bissau under the facilitation of the Special Representative of the…

1 January 2010 - The United Nations is in "constant contact" with Guinea-Bissau in order to resolve the case of a former high ranking military who has entered United Nations premises in Bissau unnanounced and requested protection, the UN says in a statement. According to the document, "on 28…

11 December 2009 - The United Nations today announced a US $ 3.5 millions project aimed at supporting Guinea-Bissau drug trafficking and organized crime combat. The announcement was made in Bissau by the Regional Representative of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Alexandre Schmidt at the…

18 November 2009 - A joint United Nations (UN), European Union (EU), African Union (AU) and Economic Community of West-African States (ECOWAS) delegation, headed by the Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Joseph Mutaboba, on Wednesday met with Guinea-Bissau Prime minister Carlos Gomes Júnior…

5 November 2009 - The prospects for political stability in Guinea-Bissau appear to be good but are threatened by drug trafficking and organized crime, United Nations officials warned the Security Council today. "Although there seems to be a downward trend in the trafficking of cocaine through West…

30 October 2009 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed cautious optimism over the progress of democracy in Guinea Bissau, where a series of political assassinations earlier this year threatened stability in the impoverished West African country. In his latest report on the country to the…