News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

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 African country, its Prime Minister told the General Assembly today as he…

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 elections. The Chair of the PBC's Guinea-Bissau Configuration, Ambassador…

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. Mutaboba, who was reading out the message of the Secretary-General at a…

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 Guinea-Bissau. "This is the best way to help built the country. It is a…

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 approximately 15,000 persons despite the rain. Five West-African Head of…

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 Affairs, was interviewed at his arrival to the country's capital to…

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 Viotti will attend the inauguration of Guinea-Bissau new President Malam…

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 level. ECOWAS Special Representative as well as the ambassador of Portugal…

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 elections in the troubled West African country. Guinea-Bissau's Supreme Court…

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 results announced by the National Electoral Commission. Sanhá, from ruling…

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 ready" for the second round to be held Sunday. Both institutions were…

20 July 2009 - The United Nations and ECOWAS top-representatives in Guinea-Bissau today attended a meeting in Bissau with one of the country's run-off presidential elections candidates aimed at appeasing the tension around the electoral campaign. The meeting with Malam Bacai Sanha was organized by…