News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

25 June 2015 – The Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of (UNMEER), Peter Graaff, ended a two-day official visit today in Guinea-Bissau, calling on authorities and citizens to remain vigilant against Ebola. Peter Graaff arrived in Guinea-Bissau on 24 June with the…

24 June 2015 - The United Nations Public Service Day was celebrated on 23 June under the theme "Innovating the Public Service to implement the post-2015 Development Agenda". The day aims to celebrate the value and virtue of service to the community and promote innovation, enhance professionalism and…

2 July 2015 - The new authorities elected in 2014 completed one year in office on 4 July, which was considered positive by Bissau-Guineans, the international community and the Government despite the political, economic and social challenges the country is facing. This first anniversary was the focus…

4 July 2015 - The United Nations have commemorated the 4th July as the International Day of Cooperatives. According to the UN, the cooperative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their economic, social and cultural needs and common aspirations through a common owned…

15 July 2015 - UNIOGBIS through its Rule of Law and Security Institutions (ROLSI), Police Reform Section, concluded today in Bissau, a four-week training for instructors of the presidential security team. The course covered various domains, including General Concepts of Protection, Objective and…

22 July 2015 - Guinea-Bissau is one of the poorest countries in the world with one of the lowest human development indexes and also one of the countries that receive more external financial support, including from the United Nations. The United Nations recently organized in Addis Ababa the third…

The United Nations celebrated on 31 October, the 15th anniversary of the adoption of Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on “Women, Peace and Security”. Through Resolution 2242 (2015), adopted unanimously during a high-level debate, the Council called on Member States to increase representation…

The fifty participants took stoke of the progress in the implementation of WACI, discussed solutions for countries in which its implementation is slow, and took new strategic directions for the extension of WACI until 2017. The meeting encouraged Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea to set up Transnational…

A group of women with disabilities expressed this same intention at the celebration of the International Day of People with Disabilities on December 3 this year, in Bissau, under the theme "Inclusion Matters: Access and Training for all people ". The observance aims at promoting a greater…

The objective of the meeting was to review progress in the implementation of the respective UN mandates in the region, to strengthen coordination in order to address common challenges in the areas of elections, security, organized crime and violent extremism, and to examine the prospects for…