Press Releases

21 February 2011 - Following aerial bombardment near Sortony, approximately 110km west of El Fasher, North Darfur, yesterday at around 1730hrs, a UNAMID verification patrol is currently underway to nearby villages. Four armed…

20 February 2011 - UNAMID peacekeepers have yesterday reported multiple air bombardments approximately 30 km north of Shangil Tobaya, North Darfur. A verification mission headed for Wadi Mura was unable to proceed due to the…

UNMIK/PR/1758 PRISTINA 17 February 2011 - UNMIK responds to the release of an article by France 24 ( French and English Services 16 February 2011) , titled “UN knew about Kosovo organ trafficking, report says ” and “Trafic d…

I have noted the decision by the Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) to extend their mandate by three years. This is a disappointing decision taken in haste without the required level of discussion and consultation on how…

Communiqué of the 17 th Extra-Ordinary Session of the IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government. Addis Ababa, 30 January 2011

Addis Ababa, 30 January 2011 – The IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government held its 17th Extra-Ordinary Summit under the Chairmanship of H.E. Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia…

27 January 2011 - A verification mission from Shangil Tobaya to Tabit, North Darfur, was unable to complete its mission yesterday after the resumption of aerial bombardment in the area. The Shangil Tobaya team site later…

Nairobi, 26 January 2011 – Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga, announced that a Special High Level Meeting on Somalia will take place in Addis Ababa on the side lines of…

Djibouti, 20 January 2011 [Communiqué]

NEW YORK - The Secretary-General welcomes the inauguration earlier today of the Wolesi Jirga, the Lower House of the Afghan Parliament, presided over by President Hamid Karzai. Dari- Pashto The inauguration marks the end of…