News from our Missions
Addis Ababa, 24 August 2010 – I welcome this opportunity to brief the Peace and Security Council of the African Union. This is the first time since my recent appointment as Special Representative of the United Nations…
GHAZNI - The United Nations entity tasked with coordinating landmine removal efforts said today it is supporting the efforts of a local organization that is removing mines from the Afghan city of Ghazni, ahead of a planned…
ASTANA, Kazakhstan delivered by Mr. Miroslav Jenča, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) I am pleased to send my…
GHAZNI - This month a new project undertaken by OMAR, an Afghan humanitarian mine action non-governmental organization (NGO), will begin clearing minefields from the centre of Ghazni. This will support the city’s preparations…
Nairobi, 26 August 2010 – Norway, the United States, the African Union Mission in Somalia, the European Union, the InterGovernmental Authority on Development, the League of Arab States and the United Nations Political Office…
26 August 2010 - Afghan police stationed on the country’s border with Tajikistan - part of a trade route used to smuggle drugs, people and goods - have completed training to spot fake passports and visas, while also learning…
Djibouti, 26 August 2010 – The Independent Federal Constitution Commission [IFCC] of the Somali Republic announced the launching of its Consultation Draft Constitution for public consultation in Mogadishu, Galkayo in Galmudug…
25 August 2010 - It might be a prison, but inmates in the only jail in Afghanistan’s eastern Laghman province say that living conditions have improved dramatically thanks to the assistance of the international community…
New York, 24 August 2010 – The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack in Mogadishu today, which resulted in the death and injury of innocent civilians, including Members of the Somali…
Nairobi, 24 August 2010 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Augustine P. Mahiga, has condemned in the strongest possible terms the attack on a Mogadishu hotel today in which several civilians, including…
Nairobi, 24 August 2010 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Augustine P. Mahiga, has condemned in the strongest possible terms the attack on a Mogadishu hotel today in which several civilians, including…
23 August 2010 - UNIPSIL Human Rights Section personnel participated as facilitators and distributed human rights materials in a five-day training (16th -20th August 2010) for 50 personnel of the Sierra Leone Police. The…