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Abidjan, 15 June, 2012 - The International Organization of la Francophonie (OIF) and the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA) held a regional Forum on Media, Peace and Security in West Africa, on 14 and 15 June 2012 in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire). - Abidjan Declaration /

KABUL, Afghanistan On 13-14 June, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Head of the Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Miroslav Jenča, visited Kabul to attend the Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference. The conference was the first follow-up ministerial…

KABUL, Afghanistan - Your Excellency President Karzai, Minister Rassoul of Afghanistan, Minister Davutoglu of Turkey, Distinguished Ministers and Representatives, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me congratulate Afghanistan and all Heart of Asia nations on the success of the Istanbul Process…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Mr. Ian Martin, welcomes the announcement by the High National Election Commission that the National Congress elections will be held on 7 July 2012. "This is an important step in Libya…

delivered by Mr. Miroslav Jenča, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia It is a pleasure to address the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Since its founding in 1996…

UNMIK/PR/1773 PRISTINA – This morning KFOR conducted an operation to remove the roadblocks in the vicinity of Rudare north of Mitrovicë/Mitrovica, intended to improve the freedom of movement of KFOR troops in the area. "UNMIK is concerned by reports of a number of injuries to civilians and KFOR…

The UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia has issued a new publication on “Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation on Trans-Boundary Water Resources in Central Asia: The Way Forward Following the Sixth World Water Forum “. This report has been prepared by an independent…

Istanbul, 1 June 2012 – The Second Istanbul Conference on Somalia, under the theme "Preparing Somalia's Future: Goals for 2015," took place on 31st May and 1st June 2012. Maintaining the multi-dimensional and multi-layered approach of the first Istanbul Conference in 2010 on Somalia, it was attended…