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29 January 2015 -The Working Group of the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) examined Guinea-Bissau’s Human Rights situation on 23 January at Palais des Nations in Geneva, together with other member…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…