News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

22 February 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, paid a courtesy visit today to the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, General Antonio Injai, at the military headquarters, Amura Fort, in Bissau. During the visit, which lasted…

23 February 2013 - The Security Council yesterday extended the United Nations office in Guinea-Bissau for three months, and requested Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to provide recommendations on its future mandate and any possible readjustment in the world body's support to the West African nation.In…

26 February 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, was received on Monday, 25 February 2013, by President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria at the Presidential Palace in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.Mr. Ramos-Horta expressed his intention to work…

28 February 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, on Wednesday, 27 February 2013, gave an overview of his ideas on helping Guinea-Bissau achieve sustainable peace, at a closed-doors session of the 42nd Ordinary Summit of the Economic…

13 March 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, had a meeting on Wednesday with Transitional President Manuel Serifo Nhamajo at the Presidential Palace in Bissau.The meeting followed the recent missions by the Special Representative to…

14 March 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, Mr. José Ramos-Horta, on Thursday urged Guinea-Bissau's authorities, political parties and parliamentarians to complete a road map for the rest of the transition by the end of March and to form a broad-based…

18 March 2012 - A UN Technical Assessment Mission (TAM), arrived in Guinea-Bissau over the weekend (16-17 March). The Mission will hold meetings with representatives of the United Nations system, national stakeholders, international community, political parties, civil society and, the Guinean League…

21 March 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, paid a courtesy visit on Thursday to Supreme Court President Paulo Sanhá. During the visit, he presented to Mr. Sanhá the second edition of the Colectânea Fundamental de Direito Penal e…

5 April 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, granted an interview to two international media on Friday, 5 April at UNIOGBIS, in which he launched an appeal on the occasion of the first anniversary of the 12 April 2012 coup d'état in…

17 April 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, was received on Wednesday 17 April 2013 in Maputo by the President of Mozambique, Armando Guebuza.During his meeting with President Guebuza in exercise of Mozambique's presidency of the…

19 April 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, Jose Ramos Horta, said on Friday after meetings with the Speaker of the People's National Assembly (parliament), the Transitional Prime Minister and heads of political parties that he was convinced there was…

22 April 2013 - The UN Integrated Peace-building Support Office in Guinea-Bissau, UNIOGBIS, on Saturday donated uniforms to police officers at the Model Police Station in the Bairro Militar, one of the most populous neighbourhoods in Bissau, as part of its efforts to support the gradual application…