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The United Nations Mission for Stabilization in Central African Republic (MINUSCA) held a funeral ceremony on Monday 13 October 2014 at its Headquarters in honor of two peacekeeping soldiers who died this week in Bangui, one of the Pakistani contingent, the second of the Burundian contingent.

The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Central African Republic, MINUSCA condemns the attack by armed elements who opened fire Friday night on a police patrol in the "Combatants neighborhood" of the 8th arrondissement of the capital Bangui leaving six wounded peacekeepers. These repeated…

Good Morning. It was a great privilege and a pleasure for me today to meet with Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul-Latif Derian. I wanted to first congratulate him on his recent election and to wish him success in his responsibilities. I expressed my admiration for the voice of moderation and tolerance that…

MOSCOW, Russia - Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Head of the Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Miroslav Jenča, met with Director of the Federal Drug Control Service of the Russian Federation Victor Ivanov, Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov…

I just had a good meeting with Prime Minister Salam. We discussed the security situation. I paid tribute to Lebanon’s security forces, particularly the army, for all the efforts and sacrifices they have made to safeguard the country in the face of grave challenges. I condemned the recent hostile…

The United Nations Mission for Stabilization in Central African Republic (MINUSCA) held a funeral ceremony on Monday 13 October 2014 at its Headquarters in honor of two peacekeeping soldiers who died this week in Bangui, one of the Pakistani contingent, the second of the Burundian contingent…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan On 10-12 October 2014, UNRCCA together with other UN entities and with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan organized the third diplomatic mini-football tournament for the “UN Preventive Diplomacy Cup”. The tournament was organized within the…

MINUSCA condemns attacks against its police patrols

The Head of MINUSCA strongly condemns the attack against UN peacekeepers in Bangui

The Secretary-General is outraged by today’s attack that took place in Mali and that killed one Senegalese peacekeeper and wounded another. In this second attack in five days against the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), unidentified assailants…