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KABUL - I am deeply shocked and outraged by the cowardly attack on a guest house in central Kabul today, which killed five UN staff and injured a number of others. I condemn in the strongest possible terms the despicable and…

KABUL - At the 6211th meeting of the Security Council, held on 29 October 2009, in connection with the Council’s consideration of the item entitled “The situation in Afghanistan”, the President of the Security Council made…

Nairobi, 29 October 2009 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has strongly condemned those responsible for assassination attempts on the life of President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed which occurred both…

Special Representative Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah has strongly condemned those responsible for assassination attempts on the life of President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed.

The International Contact Group for Somalia held, under the auspices of the European Union/European Commission, a preparatory meeting in Brussels on 29 October 2009. The SRSG led a delegation from UNPOS to the meeting. Also…

As part of its collaboration with IGAD, AMISOM and the Kenyan authorities, UNPOS participated on 29 October 2009 in a monthly consultative meeting on Somalia held at the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The participants…

NEW YORK - I am deeply shocked and outraged by the cowardly attack on a guest house in central Kabul today, which killed five UN staff and injured a number of others. I condemn in the strongest possible terms the despicable…

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Nairobi, 23 October 2009 – Somalia's Prime Minister, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Lynn Pascoe, and the UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, have…

Communiqué of the 1 st Meeting of the High-Level Committee. Nairobi, 23 October 2009