News from our Missions
30 March 2012 - The Security Council today urged political parties in Guinea-Bissau to engage in dialogue ahead of the upcoming run-off elections next month to ensure a peaceful conclusion to the electoral process that…
28 March 2012 - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Wednesday congratulated Senegal on the conduct of a peaceful, free, fair and transparent second round of presidential elections in the country, and called…
28 March 2012 - The United Nations envoy for Guinea-Bissau today stressed the need for strong international engagement to help the country complete the current political transition and move ahead on priorities such as…
BRUSSELS - Excellencies, Secretary General, ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for the opportunity to address your meeting today, for the first time in my current capacity. NATO, ISAF and UNAMA are separately mandated by the…
BUJUMBURA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- As the world celebrates the world water day on Wednesday, the East African country vows to step up protection of its resources. "Water is unfortunately facing threats in Burundi and if we don't…
BUJUMBURA, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Burundian labor union confederations and civil society organizations have called upon workers in all the east African country's sectors to stay home on Tuesday, arguing that their claims did…
BUJUMBURA, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- Switzerland will provide 6 million Swiss francs (about 6.5 million U.S. dollars) to Burundi's decentralization program, the Burundian finance and development planning minister has announced…
KABUL - Afghan authorities have launched an investigation into the suspected poisoning of 156 female students attending a public school in Rostaq District of Takhar Province. According to the Ministry of Education in Kabul…
Mogadishu, 18 April 2012 – Today SRSG Augustine Mahiga went to Villa Somalia, the seat of the Somali Transitional Federal Government, and met with both President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed and Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed…
KABUL - Afghanistan’s two largest opium-growing regions are unlikely to see an increase in cultivation this year, whereas a number of other provinces, particularly in the country’s west, will see modest increases in…
KABUL - The following Security Council press statement was issued on 17 April by Council President Susan Rice (United States): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the coordinated terrorist…
Staff of various electoral management bodies discussed challenges and proposed strategies for persons with disabilities to vote and be voted for.