Press Releases

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…

Communiqué of the 17 th Meeting of the International Contact Group on Somalia. [Somali]. Cairo, 22 April 2010

KABUL - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Staffan de Mistura met today with Fazel Ahmad Manawi, the new Chairperson of the Independent Election Commission (IEC). دری و پشتو Mr de Mistura…

19 April 2010 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Staffan de Mistura met today with Fazel Ahmad Manawi, the new Chairperson of the Independent Election Commission (IEC). دری و پشتو Mr de…

13 April 2010 - The four UNAMID peacekeepers who went missing on 12 April remain unaccounted for. UNAMID continues to work closely with the Government of the Sudan and local authorities in the search for the missing personnel…

7 April 2010 - Today in Kabul the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Public Health held a celebration at the Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital to mark World Health Day. UNAMA Radio on Health Day - Full statement

ASTANA, Kazakhstan H.E. Mr. Kanat Saudabayev, Secretary of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Mr. Dederer Alexandr Fedorovich, Chairman of Public Associations of Germans of Kazakhstan, Members…

ASTANA, Kazakhstan Thank you, Mr. President, for this honour. I take this honour with a distinct sense of privilege, knowing that you are honouring the United Nations while honouring me. There is no greater honour than the…

The UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia has issued a new publication entitled “Security and Stability in Central Asia- Interaction with International and Regional Organizations”. This publication…

NEW YORK -- The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is concerned about the reports of the seizure of a Government building in Talas, Kyrgyzstan…