News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

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…

26 September 2009 - Determining who is responsible for a series of assassinations of senior political and military figures in Guinea-Bissau earlier this year is essential to consolidating the rule of law in the troubled West…

23 September 2009 - The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) has heard the international community needs to increase support to Guinea-Bissau and take advantage of "a window of opportunity" stemming from peaceful…

18 September 2009 - "Without peace" many civilians have "little hope of improving their lives" and "escaping poverty", the Representative of the Secretary-General to Guinea-Bissau, Joseph Mutaboba, today underscored in Bissau…

11 September 2009 -The Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) Country-Specific Configuration Chairperson, Ambassador Maria Luiza Viotti, today praised the beneficiaries of a youth employment project sponsored by the United Nations in…

8 September 2009 - Malam Bacai Sanhá today was officially inaugurated as Guinea-Bissau new President of Republic for a five-year term. The swearing-in ceremony was held at Bissau's stadium 24 de Setembro and brought together…

5 September 2009 - The United Nations Secretary-General supports Guinea-Bissau efforts for stability and progress, a UN top official today told the press in Bissau. Haile Menkerios, Assistant Secretary General for Political…

1 September 2009 - The United Nations Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs, Haile Menkerios, and the Chair of the UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) Country Configuration on Guinea-Bissau, Ambassador Maria Luiza…

14 August 2009 - The preparation of the upcoming Guinea-Bissau donor's round table was at the center of an informal meeting held this Friday in Bissau by the International Contact Group on Guinea-Bissau (ICG-GB) at his local…

31 July 2009 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today commended the Government, security forces, election officials and political parties of Guinea-Bissau for this week's peaceful staging of the run-off round of presidential…

31 July 2009 - Malam Bacai Sanha is the new Guinea-Bissau's President. Sanha won the 26 July presidential run-off with 63.31 percent of the vote against 36.9 percent for Mohamed Kumba Yalá, from PRS, according to the final…

24 July 2009 - The United Nations Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) and Guinea-Bissau Electoral Commission today informed the international observers for the country's presidential elections that "everything is…