Press Releases

Dakar, 7 October 2011 - The second session of the Regional Training Series on Mediation for 32 Women Leaders from Civil Society in West Africa ended on Friday. The three-fold training is designed to strengthen the capacities of women Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member…

Dakar, 7 October 2011 - Following a two-day visit to Conakry aiming to promote dialogue among political actors in Guinea, Mr. Said Djinnit, Special Representative of the Secretary- General for West Africa traveled to Benin to discuss transnational organized crime and maritime piracy with the…

New York, 7 October 2011 - The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize honours three inspirational women of uncommon courage, strength and commitment - Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and social activists Tawakkul Karman of Yemen and Leymah Gbowee of Liberia.With this decision, the Norwegian Nobel Committee…

Libya, Tripoli, 7 October 2011 – As the battle for Sirte approaches its end, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ian Martin today appealed to all parties to respect human rights and humanitarian principles and to look ahead to the task of national reconciliation. Mr Martin called…

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 activities, including public awareness, purposefully to strengthen the…

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 Mogadishu which has left scores of people dead and many more wounded. [Press…

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, including, reportedly, students who were inside the education ministry at the time…

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 Mogadishu which has left scores of people dead and many more wounded. [Press…

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 Rabbani, former President of Afghanistan and Chairman of the High Peace…

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 collaboration with the ECOWAS Gender Development Centre, the Network on…