Africa

The following press statement on the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was read out today by Council President Ruhakana Rugunda (Uganda):

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Rwanda will host a United Nations regional meeting on the Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons for States of the Horn of Africa, the Great Lakes region and Southern Africa, on 8 and 9 July, in Kigali, the capital.

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the General Assembly conference side event: “Recovering from Global Crisis: Towards an Action Plan for Africa and the Least Developed Countries”, in New York, on 25 June:

Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s address to the Thirteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union in Sirte, Libya, today, 1 July:

The following statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was issued today:

The following press statement on Somalia was read out today by Council President Baki İlkin (Turkey):

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the General Assembly tribute to the late President Bongo of Gabon, in New York today, 16 June:

The recent move away from rhetoric about a “global war on terror”, which has dominated international responses since 11 September 2001, is a welcome development, noted experts on terrorism who met recently under United Nations auspices in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. That shift has now created space for a new discourse on terrorism and counter-terrorism in Africa, one that is better shaped by African realities and priorities.