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The International Contact Group for Somalia held, under the auspices of the European Union/European Commission, a preparatory meeting in Brussels on 29 October 2009. The SRSG led a delegation from UNPOS to the meeting. Also…

As part of its collaboration with IGAD, AMISOM and the Kenyan authorities, UNPOS participated on 29 October 2009 in a monthly consultative meeting on Somalia held at the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The participants…

NEW YORK - I am deeply shocked and outraged by the cowardly attack on a guest house in central Kabul today, which killed five UN staff and injured a number of others. I condemn in the strongest possible terms the despicable…

Hosting UNICEF Director, Nils Kastberg Read the full transcript

Nairobi, 23 October 2009 – Somalia's Prime Minister, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Lynn Pascoe, and the UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, have…

Communiqué of the 1 st Meeting of the High-Level Committee. Nairobi, 23 October 2009

On 23 October 2009, the High Level Committee (HLC) was officially re-launched in Nairobi under a new format bringing together the Transitional Federal Institutions and the international community. USG Pascoe together with the…

Special Representative Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah have calls for an urgent increase in international support for Somalia.

UNMIS Holds a Ceremony in Memoriam of the Murdered Brigadier General Moin-Ud-Din Ahmed, Deputy Force Commander The United Nations Mission in Sudan held a memorial ceremony in remembrance of Brigadier General Moin-Ud-Din Ahmed…

The United Nations Day is observed worldwide on 24 October annually, through various activities and events. The UN Day commemorates the establishment of the international body to remind of the organisation's commitment to the…