New York, 16 September 2010 – SRSG Mahiga welcomed the opportunity to brief the Security Council following his appointment as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia. [Full Statement]

BISHKEK, Kyrgyz Republic A press conference on the situation in Kyrgyzstan was held by by the OSCE, UN and EU Special Envoys and published in "Vecherniy Bishkek" (in Russian language.)

Dakar, 15 September, 2010 – On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on the role of Women in Peace and Security, a regional conference will be held at ministerial level from 15 to 17…

15 September 2010 - Today the Afghanistan Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced the end of the campaign period for the 18 September 2010 Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) election in Afghanistan. “The campaign period for…

15 September - "This election is about giving honest people the magic experience of voting to have a say in the governance of their country," Judge Johann Kriegler of Afghanistan's Electoral Complaints Commission told…

9 September 2010 - General Assembly President Ali Treki has added his voice to United Nations concern about the threat by a Christian clergyman in the United States to burn copies of the Koran. Dr. Treki “condemns such calls…

Nairobi, 2 September 2010 – The UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Lynn Pascoe, expressed his solidarity with the people of Somalia during a one day visit to Mogadishu yesterday (Wednesday). Mr Pascoe, who was…

Dakar, 15 September, 2010 – On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on the role of Women in Peace and Security, a regional conference will be held at ministerial level from 15 to 17…

KABUL - Dr F A Manawi, Chief of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura held a press conference at the IEC headquarters in Kabul today, where they tested the indelible ink to be used…

KABUL - Afghanistan’s upcoming parliamentary polls will be “far from” perfect, but they should be much less marred by fraud than last year’s presidential elections, the top United Nations envoy to the country said today. Due…

BISHKEK, Kyrgyz Republic

14 September 2010 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Joseph Mutaboba, on Monday resumed a 10 day trip to four European countries focused on the situation in Guinea-Bissau. Mutaboba is travelling to Paris…