Press Releases

ASTANA, Kazakhstan Delivered by Mr. Miroslav Jenča, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) I am pleased to send…

New York, 12 September 2012 – The Secretary-General strongly condemns today's attack on the Jazeera Hotel in Mogadishu, in which newly elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was meeting with the Kenyan Foreign Minister…

Read statements by the UN, AU, EU, US, UK, France and Italy on the Somali presidential elections outcome.

Khartoum, 11 September 2012--On assuming my duties as Joint Special Representative on 22 January 2010, I noted that the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur, UNAMID, was here to help in bringing about peace and…

New York, 11 September 2012 - The Secretary-General congratulates Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on his selection as President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, following the vote of the New Federal Parliament in Mogadishu…

Mogadishu, 10 September 2012 - Today the Somali people have taken a great step forward on the path to peace and prosperity. Today, Somalia's Parliamentarians—in a calm, dignified and contemplative manner—ended the…

Mogadishu, 10 September 2012 – Today the Somali people have taken a great step forward on the path to peace and prosperity. Today, Somalia's Parliamentarians —in a calm, dignified and contemplative manner—ended the…

Dakar, 7 September 2012 - The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit, has been following closely the situation in Guinea in liaison with key political stakeholders in the country…

Mogadishu, 06 September 2012 – My brothers and sisters, As-Salaamu Alaikum. I write to you as we approach a truly momentous day for all Somalis. After two decades of civil war, a collapsed state and innumerable indignities to…