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MoPH, UNICEF and WHO joint press statement: Eradicating polio in Afghanistan now!
KABUL - Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has launched intensified efforts to wipe out polio from the country by the end of 2012. To this end it is focusing particularly on the…
SRSG welcomes President Sheikh Sharif’s visit to Puntland
Nairobi, 29 August 2011 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Dr Augustine P. Mahiga, has welcomed the visit by President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed to Puntland saying "it marks a new chapter in the relations between the Transitional Federal Government and Puntland". [Press Release]
Statement by the Secretary-General on attack on UN in Nigeria
New York, 26 August 2011- Around 11:00 o’clock this morning, local time, the United Nations House in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, was struck by a car bomb. These buildings house 26 humanitarian and development agencies of the United Nations family. This was an assault on those who devote their lives…
Acting SRSG Farid Zarif message on the occasion of Ramazan Bajram and the Orthodox Assumption
UNMIK/PR/1766 PRISTINA – Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Kosovo Mr. Farid Zarif issued the following message on the occasion of Ramazan Bajram (Eid-al-Fitr): “On behalf of UNMIK, I would like to congratulate all Muslims in Kosovo on the conclusion of the holy month of…
Statement by the Spokesperson of the SG on the presidential run-off election in Cap Verde
New York, 25 August 2011 - The Secretary-General welcomes the holding of the presidential election in Cape Verde on 21 August, which was widely acclaimed by international observers as peaceful and credible. He congratulates Mr. Jorge Carlos Fonseca for winning the run-off election, and wishes him…
Statement by the Secretary-General on attack on UN in Nigeria
New York, 26 August 2011- Around 11:00 o’clock this morning, local time, the United Nations House in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, was struck by a car bomb. These buildings house 26 humanitarian and development agencies of the United Nations family. This was an assault on those who devote their lives…
DSRSG chairs meeting with representatives of emerging administrations from Southern Somalia
Nairobi, 26 August 2011 – Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Christian Manahl, today chaired a meeting with some 40 representatives from a number of emerging regional administrations, social and political groups in Southern and Central Somalia, with a view to…
Statement by the Spokesperson of the SG on the presidential run-off election in Cap Verde
New York, 25 August 2011 - The Secretary-General welcomes the holding of the presidential election in Cape Verde on 21 August, which was widely acclaimed by international observers as peaceful and credible. He congratulates Mr. Jorge Carlos Fonseca for winning the run-off election, and wishes him…
Evaluation of the Recently Enacted Local Court Act 2011
In July 2011, Sierra Leone's Parliament passed into law The Local Court Act which repealed the 1963 legislation. This is a significant development in the legal annals of Sierra Leone as it transfers oversight function over the Local Courts from the Ministry of Local Government to the office of the…
Joint Security Committee issues a communiqué
Mogadishu, 22 August 2011 – The 9th session of the Joint Security Committee was convened in Mogadishu on 22 August 2011. The Committee was hosted by His Excellency, Prime Minister Abdiweli Ali who co-chaired with the SRSG, Dr Augustine Mahiga and the Deputy SRCC, Hon Wafula Wamunyinyi. In attendance…