News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

09 September 2013 - Representatives of over 40 women's groups participated on 5-6 September 2013 in Bissau in the formal creation, with UN support, of the Guinea-Bissau chapter of the ECOWAS Women Peace and Security Network, REMPSECAO-GB [Portuguese acronym]. REMPSECAO-GB aims to "coordinate and…

09 September 2013- A mission from Global Fairness Initiative (GFI) is visiting Guinea-Bissau from 9-12 September at the invitation of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, to look into the possibility of investment in economic projects.Led by the…

13 September 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, returned to Bissau on Thursday after accompanying Transitional Prime Minister Rui Duarte de Barros, on a mission to Abuja and Abidjan with a view to generating further support for the…

23 September 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, stressed, on Saturday 21 September, the importance of a commitment to peace at all levels - in the family, in schools, in communities and within the State. "For peace to be lasting and…

26 September 2013 - Youths, the elderly, women, children, state officials, the UN and civil-society groups joined hands in late September to promote peace and highlight the need for this West African country to enjoy the lasting peace its people deserve. This was the focus of four days of activities…

18 October 2013 – The two-day conference on “Civil-Military relationship in Guinea-Bissau” ended today. The 120 participants concluded that there is a need to take actions that would contribute to fruitful civil and military relationship.The conference recommended that there is a need to support the…

07 November 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Guinea-Bissau condemns the attack on Minister of Transport , Orlando Viegas Mendes, perpetrated Tuesday night outside his residence by hooded and armed individuals.José Ramos-Horta described the act as "unacceptable…

11 November 2013 – Former President Kumba Ialá, received by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) of the United Nations (UN), José Ramos-Horta, in the official residence, ensured that his sole intention is to help to consolidate peace and democracy in Guinea-Bissau. José Ramos…

11 November 2013 – New regional offices of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) in Bafatá (East) and Buba (Quinará South) were inaugurated over the weekend by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG), José Ramos-Horta.In Bafata, Governor…

19 November 2013 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) of the United Nations, José Ramos-Horta, today held a meeting with France's Ambassador in Bissau, following which he praised the "pragmatism" of Paris in the accompaniment of the Guinean process."Actually, I recognize that…

19 de Novembro de 2013 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) of the United Nations, José Ramos-Horta, awarded on Tuesday, with the UN medal for Peace, two police officers from Brazil and one from Cape Verde during a ceremony held at UNIOGBIS.SRSG Ramos-Horta bestowed Captain…

27 November 2013 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General to Guinea-Bissau, briefed on 26 November, Security Council and stressed that the onus was now on the transitional Government to ensure the timely holding of presidential and legislative elections on 16 March 2014.José Ramos-Horta…