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UNMISS Update No.96
UNMISS Update No.96
- AU Communiqués
The African Union and the Lake Chad Basin Commission sign an agreement for the operationalization of the Multinational Joint Task Force to Counter the Boko Haram Terrorist Group
Addis Ababa, 16 October 2015: The Commission of the African Union (AU) represented by Ambassador Smail Chergui, Commissioner for Peace and Security, and the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), represented by its Secretary-General, Engineer Sanusi Imran Abdullahi, today, at the AU Headquarters, signed…
- Secretary-General
The Secretary-General’s Message on World Statistics Day
Good data and statistics are indispensable for informed decision-making by all actors in society. This was explicitly acknowledged in 2014, when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics to promote citizen’s entitlement to public information. As…
UN Special Coordinator Sigrid Kaag Visits Akkar
Akkar, Lebanon Monday, 19 October 2015 Today the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag visited the north Lebanon area of Akkar. She met with authorities in Halba to discuss political and socio-economic challenges and the impact of the Syria crisis. The Special Coordinator met…
SRSG participates at Xiangshan Forum in Beijing
BEIJING, China -- On 16-18 October, Mr. Petko Draganov, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), participated in the 6th Xiangshan Forum, which was organized in Beijing by the Chinese Association for…
Forum of Small & Medium Enterprises to galvanize support for the Great Lakes Private Sector Investment Conference
Nairobi, 17 October 2015 - A regional forum of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) took place in Nairobi on 16 and 17 October 2015. The Forum is part of a series of upstream activities leading to the Great Lakes Private Sector Investment Conference (PSIC) scheduled to take place in Kinshasa…
- Press Releases
MINUSCA calls on all armed groups to abide by their commitments to the peace process
The United Nations Multidimensional integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) calls on all armed groups to abide by the commitments they made under the July 2014 Brazzaville Cessation of Hostilities agreement and the May 2015 Bangui Forum DDRR agreement. MINUSCA…
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on recent killings in Burundi
The Secretary-General condemns the killing of nine civilians and two police officers in Bujumbura on 13 October, amid exchanges of heavy of gunfire in several neighborhoods of the city.
UNRCCA hosts a Mini-Dublin Group Meeting
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan On 15 October, UNRCCA hosted a mini-Dublin Group (informal co-ordination group of like-minded countries on fight against illicit drugs) meeting in Ashgabat. This was the second mini-Dublin Group meeting hosted by the Centre and chaired by the Italian Embassy in Ashgabat this…
Libyan Women Activists Discuss How They Can Contribute to Peace and Security
Tunis - Twenty Libyan women activists from different regions and groups met in Tunisia on 08-10 October 2015 to discuss issues pertaining to peace and security in Libya.Participants expressed their deep concern about the situation of displaced women, children and the society as a whole. Security for…