Press Releases

Hosting Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Children and Armed Conflict. Read the full transcript

The UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia has issued a new publication entitled “Sustainable Development: A Key Factor For Stability And Peace In Central Asia”. This publication represents a compilation…

New York, 19 March 2012 - The Secretary-General commends the people of Guinea-Bissau for the peaceful and orderly conduct of the presidential election held on 18 March. As the electoral process continues, he reiterates his…

New York, 15 March 2012 - As Guinea-Bissau prepares to hold presidential elections on Sunday, 18 March 2012, the Secretary-General appeals to national stakeholders, including the Government, political parties, civil society…

Mogadishu, 15 March 2012 – The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Dr. Augustine Mahiga has condemned in the strongest possible terms the cowardly suicide attack at the entrance of Villa Somalia, the seat of…

The present report is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 2022 (2011), by which the Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) for a three-month period until 16 March…

Mogadishu, 15 March 2012 – The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Dr. Augustine Mahiga has condemned in the strongest possible terms the cowardly suicide attack at the entrance of Villa Somalia, the seat of…

Juba, 13 March 2012 - On 9 March 2012, the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) received reports indicating that attacks took place by unknown armed attackers against several Lou Nuer cattle camps in areas bordering South Sudan…

Letter to the Somali People [English] [Somali]

The London Conference on Somalia took place at Lancaster House on 23 February 2012, attended by fifty-five delegations from Somalia and the international community.