Press Releases

In a joint effort between the Political Parties Affairs Council (PPAC) and UNMIS Electoral Assistance Division, and in collaboration with the National Elections Commission (NEC) and UNDP, a Workshop on "Building Confidence in…

Nairobi, 12 February 2010 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has congratulated the Somali Government on its first anniversary and urged it to continue its efforts to restore peace and…

Special Representative Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah has congratulated the Somali Government on its first anniversary and urged it to continue its efforts to restore peace and stability to the country.

Hosting the Independent Expert on the situation of Human Rights in the Sudan, Justice Mohamed Chande Othman Read the full transcript

N'Djamena, February 5, 2010 -- On Friday 05 February 2010, the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) organized a solemn ceremony to mark the end of training for the 5th class of officers…

Letter to members of the Somali Diaspora [English] [Somali]

JUBA – The site of the future headquarters of the United Nations in southern Sudan was formally inaugurated at a groundbreaking ceremony outside the regional capital of Juba this afternoon. The Special Representative of the U…

Hosting the Director of the United Nations Mine Action Service, Maxwell Kerley Read the full transcript

New York, 28 January 2010 – UN Security Council Resolution 1910 authorises the extension of the existing mandate of AMISOM until 31 January 2011.

Nairobi, 26 January 2010 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, condemns yesterday's attack by extremists on a hospital behind Mogadishu's Airport run by the African Union Mission in Somalia…