The United Nations Trust Fund for the Fight against Piracy today approved a package of projects in support of anti-piracy efforts in Somalia and other affected States in the region, including Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Maldives and the Seychelles.

Attending the third meeting of the International Contact Group on the Central African Republic in Bangui, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman delivered a strong appeal from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for action to address the “dire” situation gripping the country and its population.

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson today convened a meeting of the International Support Group for Lebanon to review progress since its inaugural meeting under the chairmanship of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 25 September, in the presence of President Michel Sleiman.

Participants thanked the Government of Italy for hosting the Ministerial Conference on International Support for the Lebanese Armed Forces under the auspices of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the preparatory Senior Officials Meeting held in Rome on 10 April 2014.

The United Nations and the Government of Saudi Arabia have signed a contribution agreement for the creation of the United Nations Centre for Counter-Terrorism, to which the latter will contribute $10 million over three years.

A package of projects to help Somalia and its neighbours prosecute maritime piracy suspects was approved today by a 10-nation board overseeing a new United Nations trust fund for the fight against piracy. The announcement was made at United Nations Headquarters by B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, who chairs the Board of the Trust Fund to Support Initiatives of States Countering Piracy off the Coast of Somalia.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Tayé-Brook Zerihoun of Ethiopia as the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs in the Department of Political Affairs. Mr. Zerihoun replaces Haile Menkerios of South Africa, who has been appointed as Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan for a one-year period.

5 March 2008

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UNITED NATIONS ANNOUNCES NEW ‘ON-CALL’ MEDIATION TEAM

 

TO ADVISE PEACE ENVOYS IN FIELD

 

1 October 2008

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United Nations integrated peacebuilding office in Sierra Leone begins mandate

to ensure continued international support FOR LONG-term peace, development

21 November 2008

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URGING UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS, TROOPS, TO ‘LEAD BY EXAMPLE’,

INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION WRAPS UP 2008 HEARING AT HEADQUARTERS