UNOCA News

"Provide women and girls with the security they deserve" As we commemorate International Women's Day [8 March], we must look back on a year of shocking crimes of violence against women and girls and ask ourselves how to usher…

Meeting in Entebbe to discuss priorities and implementation The United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) organizes, from 11 to 12 February in Entebbe (Uganda), a meeting to evaluate and discuss priorities in…

UN and African Union to seek increased funding The United Nations and African Union (AU) will seek increased funding early next year for a strategy against the armed group known as the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and its…

"Sustainable Peace for a Sustainable Future". Every year since 1982, the world celebrates, on 21 September, the International Day of Peace established in 1981 by resolution 36/67 of the UN General Assembly. The theme of the…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…