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The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Sudan, Ashraf Qazi, visited Abyei today for meetings with the local administration officials, UN senior staff members and peace-keepers. "We have learned from the…

The Ceasefire Joint Military Committee (CJMC), the highest military ceasefire mechanism in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), will meet tomorrow 14 July for the 100 th time in Juba. Earlier today, a special ceremony was…

Hosting SRSG, Ashraf Qazi Read the full transcript

Hosting UNMIS Regional Coordinator for Southern Sudan, David Gressly Read the full transcript

15 July 2009 - Welcoming the Afghan-led preparations for upcoming presidential and provincial council elections, the Security Council stressed this morning that it was important that they be free, fair, transparent, credible…

Communiqué of the Technical/Experts and Ambassadorial Meeting on Capacity Building Support to Somalia.

Nairobi, 13 July 2009 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has expressed the hope that gains made by the Somali Security forces over the weekend will allow some stability to return to Mogadishu…

KABUL - "On 9 July, an explosion in the vicinity of a school south of Kabul reportedly killed at least 25 people, including 15 children. This appalling incident follows other attacks in and around schools in Afghanistan that…

Communiqué of the 33 rd Extra-Ordinary Session of the IGAD Council of Ministers. Addis Ababa, 10 July 2009

Adre, 30 June 2009 – Two communities in Adre, eastern Chad, have agreed to reconcile and live peacefully together. As part of an Intercommunity Dialogue, launched last month, the Adre local authorities and MINURCAT, the UN…