Press Releases

N'Djamena, 8 April 2009 – MINURCAT witnessed with dismay, the recent tragic events of 7 April at the Abeche military camp in eastern Chad. A French soldier of the EUFOR military operation killed two of his cohorts as well as…

14 September 2008 - This morning, at around 9:40, a United Nations road convoy in Spin Boldak was struck by a vehicle-borne suicide bomb. Dari - Pashto Three people in the convoy were killed. Several bystanders were caught in…

28 April 2008 - The following Security Council press statement on Afghanistan was read out today by Council President Dumisani S. Kumalo (South Africa). The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the…

5 March 2009 -- The decision by the Government of Sudan to expel 13 non-governmental organizations involved in aid operations in Darfur will, if implemented, cause irrevocable damage to humanitarian operations there. The…

4 March 2009 -- The International Criminal Court has today issued a warrant for the arrest of President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir, President of the Republic of Sudan, for his alleged responsibility for crimes committed in Darfur…

Communiqué of the 14 th Meeting of the International Contact Group on Somalia. Brussels, 27 February 2009

New York, 17 February 2009 -- The Secretary-General welcomes the "Agreement of goodwill and confidence-building for the settlement of the problem in Darfur" signed in Doha, Qatar, today by the Government of Sudan and the…

SRSG Miroslav Jenca's Article "Developments in Central Asia and the Role of the UNRCCA" was published at International Issues & Slovak Foreign Policy Affairs, Issue no.02 /2009, Publisher: Research Center of the Slovak…

N'Djamena, 27 January 2009 – The United Nations Mission in Central African and Chad (MINURCAT) successively hosted military teams from Togo and Ghana. The two countries have expressed a willingness to contribute military…