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A series of four Abyei villages' hall meetings was concluded yesterday in the first ever post-court ruling engagement of the area's Administration with the Misseriya and Dinka-Ngok communities. The Administration's message…

Nairobi, 16 December 2009 – Representatives from more than 30 countries, regional and international organisations are meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 17 December. They will discuss concrete measures to support further the…

Communiqué of the 2 nd Meeting of the High-Level Committee. Nairobi, 15 December 2009

The SRSG chaired a meeting of the High Level Committee (HLC) on 15 December 2009 in Nairobi, which was attended by the Somali PM Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, and a number of cabinet ministers. The SRSG appealed to the…

Hosting Director for the Africa Bureau of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Mr. George Okoth-Obbo Read the full transcript:

Hosting UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy Read the full transcript

KABUL - When Kai Eide started this job he had a two-year horizon - as had his predecessors. Kai Eide has asked the United Nations Secretary-General to start the process to identify his successor. This is not a question of…

KABUL - When Kai Eide started this job he had a two-year horizon - as had his predecessors. Kai Eide has asked the United Nations Secretary-General to start the process to identify his successor. This is not a question of…

Nairobi, 10 December 2009 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has called for a redoubling of efforts to restore peace and to put an end to the violence which has devastated the lives of so many…

On 9 December 2009, the Joint Security Committee held its 4th session in Kampala under the chairmanship of UNPOS SRSG. Participants were briefed on the security situation in Somalia by the Minister of National Security and…