Press Releases

Conakry, April 30, 2010 – On the evening of 30 April, during an audience with a joint delegation comprised of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN), the Interim President of Guinea, General Sékouba Konaté, reaffirmed that all measures…

Nairobi, 28 April 2010 - A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed by UNPOS, IGAD and AMISOM, in Nairobi, between SRSG Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, IGAD Special Envoy Kipruto Kirwa and AU Special Representative for Somalia Boubacar Gaoussou Diarra. The MOU is meant to enhance coordination and…

Nairobi, 28 April 2010 – UNPOS, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that aims at facilitating the Djibouti Peace Agreement of August 2008. The MOU was signed in Nairobi between SRSG…

The 17th meeting of the International Contact Group on Somalia (ICG) was held under the chairmanship of the UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, from 21 – 22 April 2010 in Cairo, Egypt. The meeting was addressed by the Secretary General of the League of Arab States, Amr…

Cairo, 20 April 2010 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, is in Cairo to chair the 17th meeting of the International Contact Group from 21 to 22 April 2010. In addition to the founding members, Norway and the US, representatives from more than 50 countries and…

The 17th International Contact Group meeting at the League of Arab State (LAS) headquarters in Cairo took place last week.

NEW YORK - The Secretary-General has received the final report of the Board of Inquiry (BOI) into the 28 October 2009 terrorist attack on the Bakhtar guest house in Kabul where 34 UN staff were residing. The four-member BOI, set up in December 2009 was led by Andrew Hughes, a former senior…

Communiqué of the 17 th Meeting of the International Contact Group on Somalia. [Somali]. Cairo, 22 April 2010

KABUL - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Staffan de Mistura met today with Fazel Ahmad Manawi, the new Chairperson of the Independent Election Commission (IEC). دری و پشتو Mr de Mistura congratulated Mr Manawi on his appointment, noting that it had been broadly…

19 April 2010 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Staffan de Mistura met today with Fazel Ahmad Manawi, the new Chairperson of the Independent Election Commission (IEC). دری و پشتو Mr de Mistura congratulated Mr Manawi on his appointment, noting that it had been…