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New York, 15 September 2014 - The members of the Security Council welcomed the seamless transition of authority from the African-led International Support Mission in the Central African Republic (MISCA) to the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African…

New York, 15 September 2014 - The Secretary-General welcomes the transfer of authority today from the African-led International Support Mission to the Central African Republic (MISCA) to the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA)…

New York, 24 September 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has learned with “profound sadness” of the passing today of Margaret Vogt, who served as his Special Representative in the Central African Republic (CAR) from 2011 to 2013. “The Secretary-General pays tribute to Ms. Vogt’s long and rich…

Thank you for joining forces to focus on the situation in the Central African Republic. I extend a special welcome to the Head of State of the Transition, Ms. Catherine Samba-Panza. I thank Mediator of the CAR crisis -- President Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo. I also appreciate the…

26 September 2014 – Due to the rainy season in the Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations World Food Programme ( WFP) has announced that it is facing a double challenge of insecurity and logistical constraints. “Heightened insecurity in some areas of the country has resulted in postponed…

Bangui, 09 October 2014: The Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) and Head of Mission, Lt-General (rtd) Babacar Gaye, strongly condemned the ambush this evening against MINUSCA peacekeepers in the outskirts of Bangui, which resulted in one peacekeeper dead, one severely wounded and…

10 October 2014 – Strongly condemning the recent deadly ambush of a convoy of United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Security Council today deplored all attacks and provocations by armed groups against the UN stabilization mission in the country, known as MINUSCA, and…

The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Central African Republic, MINUSCA condemns the attack by armed elements who opened fire Friday night on a police patrol in the "Combatants neighborhood" of the 8th arrondissement of the capital Bangui leaving six wounded peacekeepers. These repeated…

The United Nations Mission for Stabilization in Central African Republic (MINUSCA) held a funeral ceremony on Monday 13 October 2014 at its Headquarters in honor of two peacekeeping soldiers who died this week in Bangui, one of the Pakistani contingent, the second of the Burundian contingent.

The United Nations is needed more than ever at this time of multiple crises. Poverty, disease, terrorism, discrimination and climate change are exacting a heavy toll. Millions of people continue to suffer deplorable exploitation through bonded labour, human trafficking, sexual slavery or unsafe…

The International Contact Group on the Central African Republic (ICG-RCA) held its 6th meeting in Bangui, on 11 November 2014, under the co-chairmanship of Mr. Basile Ikouebe, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Congo, and Ambassador Smail Chergui, Commissioner for Peace…

We live in an era of rising and violent extremism, radicalism and widening conflicts that are characterized by a fundamental disregard for human life. There are more people displaced by fighting today than at any period since the end of the Second World War. Innocent lives are being lost in…