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UNOCA calls on calm and peace The United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) on a statement signed, December 16 2011, calls on the people of Gabon to conduct themselves in a calm and peaceful manner during the country's 17 December legislative elections. UNOCA encourages the…

The United Nations to reinforce inter-regional cooperation The Heads of the United Nations Offices for West Africa (UNOWA) and Central Africa (UNOCA) held their first consultation in Dakar as part of efforts to strengthen collaboration on issues of peace and security in the two African sub-regions…

The United Nations to reinforce inter-regional cooperation

Experts meet in Uganda from 25 to 27 July The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the UN Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Mr. Abou Moussa, and the Special Envoy of the African Union (AU) for the LRA issues, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, will co-chair a…

Mr. Abou Moussa and Mr. Francisco Madeira interrogate former LRA commander The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Mr. Abou Moussa, and the Special Envoy of the African Union (AU) for the Lord's Resistance Army…

UNOCA - ICGLR: together for peace in Central Africa and the Great Lakes Region The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Mr. Abou Moussa, and the Executive Secretary of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region…

Extension of the mandate until 28 February 2014 The Security Council has decided to extend until 28 February 2014, the mandate of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA). A letter dated August 21, addressed to the Secretary- General of the UN by Mr. Gérard Araud, Permanent…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Mr. Abou Moussa, left Libreville (Gabon) on 5 September to Kampala (Uganda). He will represent the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, at the Mini-Summit of the Heads of State and…

Mr. Ban for a High-Level Meeting on the sidelines of the General Assembly At the Mini-Summit of Heads of State and Government of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), on Saturday 8 September in Kampala (Uganda), the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki–moon, expressed his…

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNOCA, Mr. Abou Moussa, arrived in Juba (South Sudan) on Monday 17 September 2012. On Tuesday 18 September, he will attend, in Yambio (Western Equatoria State), the official ceremony of the handover of Ugandan and South…

UN welcomes handover of troops to the African Union Regional Task Force Two thousand (2,000) soldiers from the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) and 500 from the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) have been officially handed over to the Regional Task Force (RTF) of the African Union (AU)…