UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay yesterday (27 May) reiterated calls for the United States government to close the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in compliance with its obligations under international law. CH UNTV
Political leaders in Bosnia and Herzegovina are still falling short of the expectations of their citizens and the international community, causing the country to slip farther behind its neighbours in regional integration, the Security Council was told today (14 May). UNTV
The United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson briefs journalists on the Somalia Conference in London, as well as his trips to South-East Asia, Thailandand Singapore. UNTV
Somalia has seen major changes in recent years as large parts of the country, including the capital Mogadishu, and other major cities were liberated from the once-feared al-Shabaab extremist group by Somalia's security forces, who are supported by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). AU-UN/IST
The members of the Security Council today in NY condemned in the strongest terms the attack by Misseriya elements on a convoy of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and a delegation of Ngok Dinka on Saturday (May 4), which resulted in the death of Ngok Dinka Paramount Chief Kuol Deng Kuol, an [...]
The Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa, Mary Robinson briefed the Council today on the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, which was signed in February, and said that there were no guarantees that this new push for peace will succeed. UNTV
Tizipi Livni, Israel's Minister of Justice meets Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. UNTV
The International Crisis Group launches (ICG) its latest report on Mali. UNTV
Commenting on a closed door briefing on Yemen, Security Council President Rwandese Ambassador Eugene Richard Gasana says that besides some spoilers and terrorist acts the situation in Yemen "seems to be improving". UNTV
Motorists and pedestrians make their way home or run errands as darkness falls in Mogadishu – once referred to as 'the most dangerous city in the world'. The once deserted streets of the Somali capital are now a hive of activity, with shops and restaurants doing brisk business in various parts of the city well [...]