News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

UN News Centre - Noting the progress Guinea-Bissau is making in its efforts to bring about political and economic stabilization, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the engagement of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) - which seeks to prevent countries emerging from war from…

UN News Centre - While Guinea-Bissau was struggling to overcome years of political strife, civil unrest and corruption, Prime Minister Martinho N'Dafa Cabi today told the Peacebuilding Commission that his Government was consolidating recent fragile gains, but needed help to make improvements in key…

UN News Centre - The engagement of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) in Guinea-Bissau comes at a "turning point" for the West African nation that is trying to consolidate peace after a brutal civil war in which thousands were killed, wounded or forced from their homes. Reporting on…

UN News Centre - A senior Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) representative heads today to Guinea-Bissau for talks with Government officials, civil society groups, members of the private sector and international partners to help chart how the United Nations advisory body can help prevent the West…

UN News Centre - Guinea-Bissau will become the third country on the agenda of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), the United Nations advisory body set up to help countries emerging from conflict avoid sliding back into war or chaos, after the Security Council backed a request from the Government of…

UN News Centre - UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro has held talks with the leaders of three African countries facing enormous political, economic and social challenges - Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau and Somalia - during her visit to Lisbon, Portugal, this weekend to attend the African…

UN News Centre - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has recommended that the mandate of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau be extended for one year, with the possibility of it transforming into an integrated mission following the 2008 legislative elections. Extending the…

UN News Centre - Despite recent progress in the fields of public finance and cooperation with international finance institutions, the consolidation of democracy in Guinea-Bissau is being impeded by numerous challenges, particularly drug trafficking, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a new report…

UN News Centre - Voicing concern about the "alarming increase in organized crime, drug trafficking and the proliferation of illicit small arms in Guinea-Bissau," the Security Council Tuesday called on the international community to step up its efforts to bolster the security institutions of the…

Bissau - The Deputy Secretary-General Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro (Tanzania) arrives in Bissau Friday, June 29, at 9 a.m, for a 36-hour visit. During her stay, Dr. Migiro will meet President João Bernardo Vieira, President of National Assembly Francisco Benante, President of the Supreme Court Maria do Céu…

UN News Centre - The mandate of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) has been extended by a year and streamlined to strengthen efforts to promote dialogue and reconciliation in the West African nation and avoid lapsing back into bloodshed. In an exchange of…

UN News Centre - Guinea-Bissau's economic reconstruction remains so fragile that it is vital the country's main political figures show potential international donors and economic partners they can put national interests ahead of their own and resolve any disputes peacefully, Secretary-General Kofi…