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SRSG strongly condemns attack on Mogadishu mosque
Special Representative Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah has strongly condemned the explosions yesterday at the Abdalla Shideye mosque in Mogadishu's Bakara market which killed and injured many Somalis and a number of foreigners.
Joint Press Release ECOWAS-AU-UN : Elections in Guinee
Conakry, April 30, 2010 – On the evening of 30 April, during an audience with a joint delegation comprised of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN), the Interim President of Guinea, General Sékouba Konaté, reaffirmed that all measures…
Joint Press Release ECOWAS-AU-UN : Elections in Guinee
Conakry, April 30, 2010 – On the evening of 30 April, during an audience with a joint delegation comprised of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN), the Interim President of Guinea, General Sékouba Konaté, reaffirmed that all measures…
UNPOS, IGAD and AMISOM sign an MOU
Nairobi, 28 April 2010 - A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed by UNPOS, IGAD and AMISOM, in Nairobi, between SRSG Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, IGAD Special Envoy Kipruto Kirwa and AU Special Representative for Somalia Boubacar Gaoussou Diarra. The MOU is meant to enhance coordination and…
A Memorandum of Undertanding has been signed by UNPOS, IGAD and AMISOM
Nairobi, 28 April 2010 – UNPOS, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that aims at facilitating the Djibouti Peace Agreement of August 2008. The MOU was signed in Nairobi between SRSG…
17th International Contact Group on Somalia meets in Cairo
Cairo, 20 April 2010 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, is in Cairo to chair the 17th meeting of the International Contact Group from 21 to 22 April 2010. In addition to the founding members, Norway and the US, representatives from more than 50 countries and…
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
NEW YORK - The Secretary-General has received the final report of the Board of Inquiry (BOI) into the 28 October 2009 terrorist attack on the Bakhtar guest house in Kabul where 34 UN staff were residing. The four-member BOI, set up in December 2009 was led by Andrew Hughes, a former senior…