Conakry, 15 April 2011 - The Regional Partners Round Table on the implementation of UN Security Council resolutions 1325 and 1820 on Women Peace and Security took place in Conakry on 15 April 2011 as a follow-up to the Dakar…

14 April 2011 - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has again called on the Taliban and anti-Government elements to reduce civilian casualties in Afghanistan and to contribute to human rights reports on the…

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan- Special Representative of the UN Secretary General Miroslav Jenča, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Kyrgyzstan Herbert Salber, and EU Special Representative for Central Asia…

16 March 2011 – Liberia has made important progress over the past eight years in emerging from conflict but will need continued international attention, especially given the upcoming general elections and the recent influx of…

8 April 2011 – The United Nations human rights office said today that its investigators have found more than 100 bodies over the past 24 hours in three different towns in strife-torn Côte d'Ivoire, with some of them appearing…

11 April 2011 – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d'Ivoire today confirmed the surrender of the country's former president Laurent Gbagbo to forces loyal to President Alassane Ouattara, as Secretary-General Ban…

12 April 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara to ensure that there is no retaliation against supporters of his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo, who surrendered yesterday after…

13 April 2011 -- The Security Council today encouraged the President of Côte d'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, to form an all-inclusive, broad-based Government now that he is assuming his responsibilities as head of State…

13 April 2011 - Guinea-Bissau authorities today started a two-day debate aimed to discuss the draft of a Programme on Witness Protection and Special Persons as part of the country's efforts to tackle criminality. Speaking at…

NEW YORK - I condemn in the strongest terms the outrageous and cowardly attack against the United Nations office in Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan. Our reports are still preliminary, but it appears that three United Nations…

KABUL - "We can confirm that the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) operations centre in Mazar-e-Sharif, in northern Afghanistan has been attacked today following a demonstration. We can also confirm…

NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the violent attack against the United Nations operations centre in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, on 1 April 2011, which…