Madrid, 27 September 2010 – SRSG Mahiga welcomed all to the 18th Meeting of the International Contact Group for Somalia and thanked the Government of Spain for hosting this very timely meeting in Madrid. [Statement]

Madrid, 27 September 2010 [Statement]

24 September 2010 - School children and local community leaders were among the participants in a day-long walk in Afghanistan’s Central Highlands held today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to mark the…

Addis Ababa, 23 September 2010 – The Council, among other decisions, expressed concern at the continued divisions within the TFG, and appealed for increasd support towards the rebuilding of Somali Security Forces. [Communiqué…

21 September 2010 - In Sierra Leone, which in 2002 emerged from a decade- long civil war, the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) partnered with the National Youth Coalition to celebrate…

New York, 23 September 2010 – On the margines of the 65th Session of the UN General Assembly, the United Nations Secretary-General convened a Mini-Summit on Somalia, with high-level representation from the region and the…

New York, 23 September 2010 – On the margines of the 65th Session of the UN General Assembly, the United Nations Secretary-General convened a Mini-Summit on Somalia, with high-level representation from the region and the…

22 September 2010 - Last weekend’s Afghan parliamentary elections were the focus of talks today between the country’s Foreign Minister and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Zalmai Rassoul and Mr. Ban discussed the implementation…

Nairobi, 21 September 2010 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Augustine P. Mahiga, has noted the decision by the Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke to step down in the interest of peace and stability in…

21 September 2010 - The United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today commended the country’s electoral authorities on conducting the recent parliamentary polls amid immense security and logistical challenges, and stressed that…

KABUL - We commend the Independent Election Commission (IEC), under the leadership of Professor Fazal Ahmad Manawi, for its achievement in implementing the Wolesi Jirga elections according to the electoral timetable, and in…

21 September 2010 - About 100 Afghan school children, most of them girls, took part last week in a drawing competition in eastern Afghanistan to mark International Peace Day on 21 September. The competition was organized in…