News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

3 March 2014 - The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General a.i. of the United Nations, Georg Charpentier, arrived in the CAR on March 1, and has immediately assumed duty. Mr. Charpentier will also serve as the Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative of the United Nations…

Please be advised that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres will be visiting the Central African Republic on 11 and 12 February 2014. He will be visiting IDP sites, meeting with displaced communities as well as authorities and actors of the humanitarian community.A press conference…

Bangui, 3 February 2014— As part of the humanitarian community, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has responded to the crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) by providing emergency assistance, including clean delivery kits to affected women and girls of childbearing age and Post-rape…

The humanitarian situation in CAR constitutes a big concern for the humanitarian community. On the ground, several actions are conducted every day to meet the urgent needs of the affected people. But many challenges remain. In an interview Conducted by the Public Information Unit of BINUCA, Kaarina…

Briefing to the Security Council on the Situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) Ms. Margaret Vogt, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA).

5 April 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid a visit to the Central African Republic (CAR) on Saturday to focus the world's attention on a crisis that has been marked by widespread atrocities and suffering, and to call on the country's citizens to heed the lessons of neighbouring Rwanda and…

7 April 2014 – The crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) is devastating the economy and people's ability to secure basic necessities, says a new joint United Nations assessment, which warns that as the violence continues and the rains set in, providing the type of broad action needed to halt…

10 April 2014 – Deeply concerned about the deteriorating security situation and ongoing human rights abuses in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Security Council today approved the establishment of a nearly 12,000-strong United Nations peacekeeping operation to protect civilians and facilitate…

14 April 2014 – More than 70,000 people are now living in horrendous conditions crammed into the Central African Republic (CAR) Bangui airport – the lucky ones under weather-beaten tarps just yards from the runway. Others are in the open. “Like its stranded airport refugees, the Central African…

17 April 2014 – On the heels of his recent visit to the Central African Republic (CAR), where the deadly rift between Christians and Muslims continues to widen, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today in a radio message appealed to all Central Africans to build a unified country through peace. “Your…

25 April 2014 – The number of children being treated for severe acute malnutrition in the Central African Republic’s war-torn capital, Bangui, has tripled since the beginning of 2014, the United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF) confirmed today, predicting that more children are likely to suffer in…

25 April 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appointed Aurélien Agbenonci of Benin and Laurence D. Wohlers of the United States as his Deputy Special Representatives at the newly-created United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA)…