Press Releases

KABUL - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the abhorrent terrorist attacks on 6 December 2011 in Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif causing numerous death and injuries. Press Statement. The members of…

NEW YORK - The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by today’s attacks in Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif, which resulted in the death and injury of dozens of Afghan civilians who had gathered to mourn on the occasion of the Tenth…

A gender workshop on the implementation of the Roadmap was held in Mogadishu, Somalia, from 3 to 5 December 2011. The event was facilitated by the Gender Unit of the United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS), under…

Hargeisa, 3 and 4 December 2011 – The First Consultative Conference on Conducting a Security Sector Assessment in Somaliland was held in Hargeisa on 3 and 4 December 2011. The meeting was designed to stimulate a consultative…

Nairobi, 04 December 2011 – Letter to the Somalis [Letter in Somali]

Letter to the Somali People [ English] [Somali]

NEW YORK - The Secretary-General extends his congratulations to Mr. Almazbek Atambaev upon his inauguration as President of the Kyrgyz Republic. He encourages the new leadership of the country to continue pursuing a policy of…

The Secretary-General’s message to High Level International meeting on the Development of a Central Asian Plan of Action to implement the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Delivered by Mr. Miroslav Jenča, Special…

Mogadishu, 28 November 2011 – A three day consultative meeting of civil society representatives has concluded in Mogadishu with the plenary expressing full support for the Roadmap on ending the transition which charts the…