Press Releases

New York, 17 January 2011 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Christian Manahl of Austria as his Deputy Special Representative for Somalia.

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New York, 14 January 2011 – SRSG Mahiga thanked the Council for adopting Resolution 1964 (2010) on 22 December 2010, which approved the expansion of AMISOM. He also stated that in this final leg of the transition, the gains…

12 January 2011 - Three Sudanese nationals , employed by international NGO Catholic Relief Agency , who were abducted on 9 January were released yesterday. The aid workers were taken near Manjura, a village located…

UNMIK/PR/1757 The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Mr. Lamberto Zannier expresses his solidarity with the people of Haiti and all those who suffered tragic losses a year ago. On 12 January 2010, Haiti…

11 January 2011 - UNAMID is currently investigating reports of the abduction of three Sudanese nationals , employed by international NGO Catholic Relief Agency , on 9 January near Manjura, a village located approximately 60…

10 January 2011 - A UNAMID patrol to Tabit village, 37 kilometres northwest of Shangil Tobaya, North Darfur, reported exchanges of fire occurred on 7 January between government forces and SLA-Minni Minnawi in which three…

09 January 2011 - UNAMID reports that on 7 January, a Sudanese national working for CARE International was killed by unknown assailants in an apparent robbery in Graida, a town located roughly 80 kilometers southeast of Nyala…