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Joint Security Committee stepping up efforts to improve security in Somalia
Nairobi, 12 August 2009 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has welcomed the convening of the Joint Security Committee held in Mogadishu as continuing efforts towards reforming and improving…
SRSG welcomes release of hostages in Somalia and appeals for others to be freed
Nairobi, 12 August 2009 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, today welcomed the release of the four Aid workers and their two pilots from captivity in Somalia. [English] [Somali]
Former Somali senior military officials to meet in Washington, DC
Nairobi, 31 July 2009 – The United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) is convening a workshop for former Somali senior military officials under the auspices of the Somali Ministry of Defense from 1 – 5 August in…
Joint Security Committee's first meeting in Mogadishu lays ground work for security sector reform
Nairobi, 27 July 2009 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has welcomed the first meeting of the Joint Security Committee held in Mogadishu as an important step towards reforming and improving…
Statement by the Deputy UN Special Representative, Peter Galbraith on Kunduz airstrike
Kabul, 4 September 2009 - I am very concerned by the reports we have seen this morning of casualties among civilians from an air strike against stolen trucks in Aliabad district of Kunduz province. As an immediate priority…
SRSG: Somalilanders can solve internal crisis peacefully
A delegation from UNPOS, led by the UN Deputy Special Representative for Somalia Charles Petrie, visited Somaliland this week to meet officials, with a focus on the continued and strengthened engagement of UNPOS in Somaliland…
UNAMA DSRSG Statement on Laghman suicide bomb
KABUL - I am appalled to have learned of today’s suicide bomb attack at Metherlam Mosque in Laghman province which resulted in the death of Afghanistan’s deputy chief of intelligence along with several other Government…
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Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the attack in Kandahar
26 August 2009 - The Secretary-General was shocked and dismayed when he learned of the attack that took place in the Afghan city of Kandahar yesterday evening, which caused the death of over forty civilians and injured more…
Statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Kai Eide
26 August 2009 - Last night a suicide bomb attack in Kandahar city resulted in the death of at least forty-one civilians and injuries to over eighty others. دری و پشتو This attack took place in a residential area of the city…
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Elections in Afghanistan
20 August 2009 - The Secretary-General would like to congratulate the women and men of Afghanistan on today's Presidential and Provincial Council elections. He notes that, by exercising their Constitutional right to vote, the…