Press Releases

Nairobi, 29 July 2011 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga, has welcomed the fast approval given by Parliament to the new Somali Cabinet, which was subsequently sworn in yesterday at Villa Somalia. [English] [Somali]

Nairobi, 29 July 2011 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga, has welcomed the fast approval given by Parliament to the new Somali Cabinet, which was subsequently sworn in yesterday at Villa Somalia. [Press Release] [Somali]

New York, 1 April 2010 - The Secretary-General is following with concern the military incidents in Guinea-Bissau involving the detention and subsequent release of the Prime Minister. He calls on the military and political leadership of Guinea-Bissau to resolve differences by peaceful means and to…

New York, 18 February 2010 - The Secretary-General is closely following developments in Niger and is receiving regular updates from his Special Representative for West Africa, Said Djinnit. It would be recalled that the Secretary-General has called on the stakeholders in Niger to swiftly revert to…

New York, le 19 juillet 2011 - The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack today on the residence in Conakry of President Alpha Condé of Guinea. He stresses that no disagreements or differences justify recourse to violence in a democracy. He calls on all Guineans to refrain from all acts…

New York, 28 June 2010 - The Secretary-General congratulates the Government and the people of Guinea, including the country’s electoral commission, political stakeholders and civil society, for the peaceful atmosphere in which they conducted the 27 June Presidential election. As Guinea awaits the…

UNMIK/PR/1764 PRISTINA - Robert Sorenson, UNMIK Officer in Charge, expresses his deep concern for the ongoing situation in northern Kosovo and calls upon all parties to refrain from any action which could further exacerbate the situation. UNMIK strongly condemns the violence and believes that…

Abuja, 23 July 2011, The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission established pursuant to the Joint Communiqué adopted at the Summit Meeting between His Excellency Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon and His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo, the then President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria…

Abuja, 23 July 2011 - The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission concluded its Twenty-Eighth Session in Abuja, Nigeria today. The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission was established by the United Nations (UN) at the request of Cameroon and Nigeria, to facilitate implementation of the International Court of…

Abuja, 23 July 2011 - The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission concluded its Twenty-Eighth Session in Abuja, Nigeria today. The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission was established by the United Nations (UN) at the request of Cameroon and Nigeria, to facilitate implementation of the International Court of…