New York, 18 June 2010 Mr. President, I would like to thank the Council, collectively and on an individual level, for your renewed and increased attention to the "question of Somalia". As I have noted earlier, Somalia is a…
Nairobi, 10 June 2010 – As an immediate follow up of the Istanbul conference on Somalia, on 8 June 2010, UN Special Representative, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, along with representatives of the Islamic Development Bank and Turkey…
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia Ambassador Miroslav Jenca participated in the daily press briefing by the Office of the…
New York, 18 June 2010 – SRSG briefed the Security Council members on Somalia. SRSG Ould-Abdallah, who is completing his tour of duty, seized the occasion to express his appreciation to Members of the Council and the UN…
Interview (full text below): "According to the news we get from the south, the situation is getting calmer. I would say that what is happening now in general there is a lot of tension, and it is still quite volatile. United…
UNPOS delegation attended the 36th Extra-Ordinary Session of the IGAD Council of Ministers in Addis Ababa, on 15 June 2010, to review the political and security situation in Somalia. [Communiqué]
Nairobi, 15 June 2010 – As part of its capacity and institution-building programme, an UNPOS sponsored training workshop for 15 officers of the Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs started today iin Nairobi, at the Kenya…
On 15 June, UNRCCA Representative visited the OSCE Academy in Bishkek to deliver a lecture on the role of the UNRCCA in preventive diplomacy in Central Asia for the students and faculty of the Academy. During the lecture the…