Press Releases

10 April 2008 Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson Gunmen Attack UNAMID Police Patrol Near Zamzam Camp in N. Darfur El Fasher, N. Darfur / 10 April 2008 – One UNAMID police officer was injured and two vehicles hijacked when four unidentified gunmen attacked a UNAMID Police Patrol Wednesday…

31 December 2007---Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon noted the transfer of authority from the African Union to the AU-UN Hybrid Mission in Darfur in a statement released today and delivered at a ceremony in El Fasher. “The transfer opened a new and profoundly challenging chapter in the history of United…

14 March 2008 -- "The Secretary-General commends the Governments of Chad and the Sudan for the Agreement they reached in Dakar yesterday under the auspices of President Abdoulaye Wade. He is encouraged by their stated determination and commitment to normalize their bilateral relations. He calls on…

Paris, 14 July 2008 -- The Secretary-General was informed that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has asked the Court to issue an arrest warrant for the President of Sudan. The Secretary-General emphasizes that the Court is an independent institution and that the United Nations must…

On 5 November, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča visited American University in Central Asia and delivered a lecture on the role of the preventive diplomacy in Central Asia development. The lecture was conducted on the sidelines of his official trip to Kyrgyz Republic…

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Michael C. Williams of the United Kingdom as his Special Coordinator for Lebanon in August 2008. Mr. Williams previously served as the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and the Secretary-General's…

Declaration of the 13 th Extra-Ordinary Session of the IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government. Nairobi, 29 October 2008

N'Djamena, 7 October 2008 – The First Lady of the Republic of Chad, Mrs. Hinda Deby Itno, took part on 6 October 2008 in the opening ceremony of a three-day workshop organized by the United Nations Mission in Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) with a focus on gender-based violence as…

N'Djamena, 15 August 2008 – The United Nations Mission in Central African and Chad (MINURCAT) and members of the humanitarian community represented by international NGOs present in Chad, met in N'Djamena today in a bid to exchange information in areas of common interest. read more in PDF format

N'Djamena, Chad, 5 May 2008 – Security is prevailing in southern Chad despite an influx of refugees from neighboring Central African Republic, according to local authorities in Gore, a small town located near the border between Central African Republic and Cameroon. read more in PDF format