News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

18 May 2012 - The Security Council today imposed a travel ban against five military officers who seized power from the civilian government in Guinea-Bissau last month, and urged Member States to ensure that the sanctioned individuals do not enter or transit through their territories. In the same…

25 May 2012 - As part of their regular consultations on Guinea-Bissau, ambassadors and representatives of international organisations today held a consultive meeting chaired by the Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of UNIOGBIS, Joseph Mutaboba, to discuss the implementantion…

25 May 2012 - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay took note that on 22 May the Military Command in Guinea Bissau handed over power to a transitional civilian government, following the signature of a political agreement and a transitional political pact. Pillay remains concerned…

28 May 2012 - The United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) today condemned the use of force by members of Guinean security and defense forces on Friday, 25 May 2012, against a group of demonstrators concentrated in front of its premises while it was hosting a…

7 June 2012 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNIOGBIS today attended a meeting in Abidjan organized by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union (AU) and the UN to analyze the situation in Guinea-Bissau and Mali, two countries where…

21 June 2012 - Bilateral and multilateral partners in Bissau today held a technical meeting aimed to exchange views on their support to the Security Sector Reform (SSR) process in Guinea-Bissau. "This is not a new initiative. These are regular meetings on the different areas of the SSR including…

26 June 2012 - Approximately 35 journalists from Guinea-Bissau professional and community media, most of them female journalists are participating in a three-day workshop, in Bissau, focused on the Role of Female Journalists on Dialogue and Peace Consolidation. The workshop aims at contributing to a…

5 July 2012 - UN Africa II director João Honwana today completed a 2-day visit in Bissau aimed at discussing with the United Nations office (UNIOGBIS) and partners how to best support Guinea-Bissau in resolving its current crisis."I came here to resume contacts with Guinean actors and the country's…

11 July 2012 - After almost three weeks consulting national stakeholders over the political situation facing their country, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG), Joseph Mutaboba says there are signs showing that Guineans are ready to have frank talks in order to move forward…

27 July 2012- Describing the divergent positions of Guinea-Bissau's international partners on the transitional process emerging in the country following the 12 April military coup d'état, the Secretary-General's Special Representative, Joseph Mutaboba yesterday, appealed to the Security Council to…

30 July 2012- Security Council today called on all political actors and civil society in Guinea-Bissau to engage in a consensual, inclusive and nationally-owned process to restore constitutional order in the country.In a statement read out to the press by Ambassador Néstor Osorio of Colombia, which…

1 August 2012- UNIOGBIS Security Sector Reform (SSR) closed today in Bissau, a two-day colloquium on justice. Sixty representatives of Bissau-Guinean criminal justice institutions, including 14 women, of Magistracy, Prosecution services, Public Order Police and Judiciary Police attended the meeting…