Peace and Security

Ban voices concern about leadership deadlock in Papua New Guinea

13 December 2011
Asia Pacific

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern today about mounting political tensions in Papua New Guinea, where two prominent politicians each say they are the Pacific country’s rightful leader.

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Somalia has best chance for peace in years, says UN envoy

14 October 2011
Africa

Somalis currently have a rare opportunity to advance peace in their country and establish a fully functioning government, says the United Nations envoy to the Horn of Africa nation.

UNHCR

Recent gains provide hope to advance Somali peace process – Ban

23 September 2011
Africa

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on Somali leaders and their international partners to take advantage of recent gains and to advance the peace process and stabilize the Horn of Africa nation.

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Somali consensus on end of transition paves way for restoring stability – UN

14 September 2011
Africa

A broad consensus on how to end the transitional period and restore peace and stability in Somalia now exists among the country’s leadership, the United Nations envoy told the Security Council today, urging it to send an unequivocal message to the leaders that a return to political bickering will not be tolerated.

Welcoming new Somali Roadmap to peace, Ban calls on world to provide more aid

7 September 2011
Africa

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on the international community to provide additional resources to Somalia’s transitional leaders following their adoption of a plan to bring unity, peace and stability to a country that has been torn by factional strife for the past 20 years.

Somalia: UN-backed meeting endorses roadmap to end transition, restore stability

6 September 2011
Africa

Delegates attending a United Nations-backed meeting on ending Somalia’s transitional period today endorsed a roadmap that spells out priority measures to be implemented before the current governing arrangements end in August next year.

Upcoming meeting in Mogadishu critical for restoring stability in Somalia – UN envoy

2 September 2011
Africa

The upcoming meeting of Somali leaders in Mogadishu, the first major conference in the capital for many years, will be “hugely significant” for restoring peace and stability in the strife-torn nation, says a senior United Nations official.

Security Council urges all Somali groups to attend consultations on governance

15 August 2011
Africa

The Security Council today stressed the need for all Somali groups to participate in next month’s consultative meeting convened to seek agreement on a roadmap on key priorities to be implemented over the next year by the country’s Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs).

World must aid Somalia at historic juncture on its road to stability – UN envoy

10 August 2011
Africa

Recent political and military improvements in war-torn Somalia offer an “extraordinary moment” of opportunity for progress and great challenges, including from warlords and terrorists, the top United Nations envoy in the country said today, urging the world community to provide more financial and logistical support.

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UN envoy welcomes news of Al-Shabaab vacating Somali capital

6 August 2011
Africa

The United Nations envoy for Somalia today welcomed the news that the Islamic insurgent group Al-Shabaab has begun to leave the capital, Mogadishu, and called on the strife-torn Horn of Africa nation's government to use the opportunity to ensure aid delivery to civilians in need.