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UN Women and UNDP announces small grants projects for peacebuilding
UN Women and UNDP will report on Monday, July 22, 2019 at a dissemination ceremony to be held in the UNIOGBIS training room at 10:00 a.m., the 26 approved projects to receive small grants, through the Peacebuilding Fund in…
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UNICEF has New Representative in Guinea-Bissau
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has a new Representative in Guinea-Bissau. She is called Nadine Perrault and is a native of Haiti. Before being appointed UNICEF Representative for Guinea-Bissau, Dr. Nadine served…
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Guinea-Bissau journalists celebrate World Press Freedom Day dedicated to democracy with award Gala
Guinea-Bissau journalists today mark the World Press Freedom Day dedicated to Journalism and Democracy with their first Gala of Excellence and a journalism class on TV. "Being and seeming to be a journalist in Guinea Bissau"…
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Trafficking in Person Project Closing Event
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), on 17 June, will hold an event at the French Cultural Center in Bissau to mark the conclusion of their two projects…
During the third Universal periodic Review of Guinea-Bissau at the Human rights council on 24 January, Guinea-Bissau received 197 recommendations made by 79 States.
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Guinea-Bissau received 197 recommendations to improve Human rights situation
Included in the final report to refer to the timely submission of reports to treaty bodies; addressing corruption, impunity, undertaking reforms (constitutional, judicial, SSR); establishing a national human rights…
On her first visit to Bissau, in the context of a mission to several countries in the region, Rosemary di Carlo said she was happy to see that the presidential elections took place in a peaceful environment, “demonstrating the willingness of the Guinean people to exercise their civic rights, consolidate democracy and turn a new page towards political and institutional stability”.
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United Nations Deputy Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Peacebuilding visited Bissau after the presidential elections
About the electoral dispute the UN Deputy Secretary-General said she was satisfied that political actors had resorted to "legal means to resolve" it. Accompanied by Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the UN…
“In order to operate the radio, each of the 14 employees had to contribute 2500 CFA francs a month for electricity.
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Community radio stations in Guinea-Bissau convert to solar energy and gain more broadcast time
When there was no more money to buy fuel, the radio would stop working, "says Abdulai Tama Camara, director of Radio Lamparam, in Iemberem, in the heart of the Catanhez National Park, in the Tombali region. Since the 15 solar…
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Rosine Sori-Coulibaly, Special Representative for Guinea-Bissau and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Guinea-Bissau.
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Guinea-Bissau: Swearing-in of new President unlikely to bring stability, says UN representative
UN NY, 14 Feb. 2020 - Political discord in Guinea-Bissau could hamper the first-ever peaceful transfer of power to a democratically elected leader, the top UN official in the West African country told the Security Council on…
The Security Council unanimously adopts resolution 2512 (2020), extending the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) until 31 December. 28 February 2020. UN Photo/Loey Felipe
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UN Security Council extends UNIOGBIS’s mandate one last time
On 28 February 2020, the UN Security Council passed resolution 2512 extending the mandate of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Mission in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) for the last time, until 31 December 2020. In passing the…
Guinea-Bissau has so far recorded eight cases of Covid-19. On March 26, the authorities decreed a state of emergency that gives legal framework to the measures that had already been taken before: suspension of all academic and religious activities, sports competitions and all activities that involve concentration of people, including funerals, closure of borders and restrictions on the movement of people and trade.
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Guinea-Bissau relies on international solidarity to combat the COVID-19 pandemic
The Ministry of Health has already adopted a National Response Plan, which costs around US $ 13 million and which is supported by WHO, the UN system in general and other international partners. On March 27, after a meeting…
In the context of the support to the country’s response to COVID-19, which include a series of activities from strengthening the country’s health system to communication, the UN in Guinea-Bissau used resources from the Peacebuilding Fund to support the development of a fact-checking website that helps citizens of Guinea-Bissau to be informed with credible information.
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UN in Guinea-Bissau helps combating fake news to advance COVID-19 response
The website is called “Nobaschecker”, as Nobas is the Guiena-Bissau Crioulo Word for “News” and is managed by a Local Innovation Center, Innovalab. It gathers a broad community of fact verifiers involving journalists, doctors…
The socioeconomic impact of the new coronavirus pandemic is already being felt worldwide, including Guinea-Bissau, due to the preventive measures adopted by governments and the very limitations of the countries' production caused by the disease.
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Guiné-Bissau vulnerável ao choque do COVID-19
Many governments have already announced measures to stimulate the financial system, safeguard small and medium-sized enterprises and protect families and workers. Other countries are studying emergency packages to try to…