Press Releases

This special time of year brings different people from across a richly diverse region together for the annual festival of Nowruz, a celebration of the larger forces that unite us. Marking a New Year with the first day of…

Conakry, 20 March 2013 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for West Africa, Said Djinnit attended, in Conakry, the opening ceremony of a technical workshop supporting the peace and…

Cotonou, March 19, 2013 - The Special Representatives of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for West Africa, Said Djinnit and Central Africa, Abou Moussa attended the Ministerial Conference on Maritime Security in…

Please find the unofficial English translation of the copy of the officially signed and stamped Somali version of the Provisional Constitution of the Federal Republic of Somalia. [Provisional Constitution] [Somali Version]

Mogadishu, 18 March 2013 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga, is shocked and saddened by today's car bombing which occurred near Villa Somalia in the vicinity of the…

The Second Communiqué of the Kampala Process: A draft Somali Maritime Strategy

Dakar, 15 March 2013 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary- General for West Africa, Said Djinnit participated in a regional seminar on "Civic Service Action for Development Assistance" (CSDA) in…

The First Communiqué of Kampala Process: A draft Somali Maritime Strategy

13 March 2013 - UNMISS has strongly condemned an attack that left one of its peacekeepers wounded during a patrol in the eastern state of Jonglei. The peacekeeper was wounded when an unidentified armed group fired on an…