Press Releases

New York, 21 September 2011 – United Nations General Assembly Resolution 55/282 calls on all Member States and organizations the world over to commemorate the International Peace Day in an appropriate manner, through various…

04 October 2011 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga, has expressed his strong condemnation of a vehicle-borne suicide bomb attack at a Transitional Federal Government complex in south…

New York, 04 October 2011 – The Secretary-General is appalled by the vicious suicide bomb attack targeting government offices and ministries in Mogadishu today, which has killed scores of people and injured many more…

04 October 2011 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga, has expressed his strong condemnation of a vehicle-borne suicide bomb attack at a Transitional Federal Government complex in south…

KABUL - Representatives from the international community met with Afghan Government officials on 27 September and reaffirmed their commitment to the Afghan peace process, following the assassination of Professor Burhanuddin…

Second Session from 3 to 7 October 2011- Saly, Senegal Dakar, 30 September 2011 - The United Nations entity for Gender equality and Women’s Empowerment (UN Women) and the United Nations Office in West Africa (UNOWA), in close…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan On 1 October, Miroslav Jenča, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of UNRCCA, talked about the "Initiatives of Turkmenistan on promoting durable peace and sustainable development…

Copenhagen, 30 September 2011 – The 20th meeting of the International Contact Group on Somalia (ICG) was held under the chairmanship of the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Mr…

Copenhagen, 30 September 2011 – The 20th meeting of the International Contact Group on Somalia, wrapped up a two-day conference today in Copenhagen, Denmark solidifying the Roadmap which defines the pathway to end the seven…