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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…

13 April 2010 - The four UNAMID peacekeepers who went missing on 12 April remain unaccounted for. UNAMID continues to work closely with the Government of the Sudan and local authorities in the search for the missing personnel. JSR Gambari has today confirmed that the peacekeepers, two male and two…

UNMIK/PR/1749 Pristina – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Zannier has sent a letter of condolences to the Polish Ambassador in Belgrade H.E. Mr. Andrzej Jasinowski, expressing deep sorrow over the death of the late President of Poland, his wife and the persons killed in…

7 April 2010 - Today in Kabul the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Public Health held a celebration at the Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital to mark World Health Day. UNAMA Radio on Health Day - Full statement

ASTANA, Kazakhstan H.E. Mr. Kanat Saudabayev, Secretary of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Mr. Dederer Alexandr Fedorovich, Chairman of Public Associations of Germans of Kazakhstan, Members of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan, I am honored to meet you. I…