News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

5 February 2015 – Despite the efforts of Guinea-Bissau authorities, the situation remains fragile and the country still needs the support of the international community, the Special Representative of the UN SG (SRSG) in the country told the Security Council today. “The return to constitutional order…

11 February 2015 - Women's organizations of Bissau-Guinean civil society today handed over to the Head of State, José Mario Vaz, the Declaration of Canchungo at a ceremony attended by the UN family led by the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, Marco…

18 February 2015 – The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Peace-Building Office in Guinea-Bissau, known as UNIOGBIS, so that it can continue to assist in tackling a range of political, security and development challenges in the country.Under its renewed…

19 February 2015 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, today started a two-day visit to Bissau.After a meeting with his counterpart Miguel Trovoada, Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding…

6 March 2015 - The Special Representative of the UN SG for Guinea-Bissau (SRSG), Miguel Trovoada, believes that the country will have the support of international partners at the donor conference scheduled for 25 March in Brussels.In two interviews with the National Radio (RDN, Portuguese acronym)…

10 March 2015 – The International Women’s Day has been celebrated on March 8th at National Heroes Square, in Bissau, with a march attended by the representatives of the President of the Republic and the UN Secretary-General, members of government, the first lady, diplomatic corps and international…

13 March 2015 - The handover ceremony of five volumes of the Model Police Manual, out of 10, in a total of 1.500 copies today took place at the headquarters of the Public Order Police (POP), in Bissau, with the support of UNIOGBIS.The ceremony was attended by POP National Commissioner, Brigadier…

25 March 2015 - International development partners pledged today over 1 billion Euros to support Guinea-Bissau's social and economic development. The funding will support the Government's Development Strategy Plan, Terra Ranka (meaning a fresh start), which aims to ensure long-term sustainable…

26 March 2015 - UNIOGBIS today supported the Ministry of Justice to organize and hold a one-day workshop on the recommendations made by the Universal Periodic Review (UPR).In January 2015 Guinea-Bissau went through the second cycle of the UPR. However, the country has neither accepted nor rejected…

7 April 2015 - Prime Minister Domingos Simões Pereira and UNIOGBIS leadership have been multiplying efforts to clarify the outcome of the Brussels donor roundtable to the Bissau-Guinean people. Prime Minister Pereira explained that the promises made by partners - amounting to 1.5 billion USD - will…

April 7 was World Health Day commemorated with a focus on food safety. However, in Guinea-Bissau the prevention against Ebola is still at the center of the health authorities’ concerns, as well of the UN agencies who are dealing with this issue - WHO and UNICEF- , and other civil society…

14 April 2015 - A workshop organized by UNIOGBIS/ROLSI on a five-year Strategic Plan for the Police and Security Institutions in Guinea-Bissau ended yesterday, highlighting full national ownership for its implementation.From 7 to 13 April, this workshop brought together representatives at senior…