Guinea Bissau
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EU SSR Guinea-Bissau
EU Mission in Support of Security Sector Reform in Guinea-Bissau (EU)
Beginn: 05/08
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UNOGBIS
United Nations Peace-building Support Office in Guinea Bissau (UN-Peacebuilding)
Beginn: 03/99
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Security Council welcomes elections but serious concerns remain (15.10.2008)
(Quelle: UN News) The Security Council today welcomed the commitment of Guinea-Bissau to hold parliamentary elections next month and called on all political parties, the security forces and civil society to ensure free, fair and transparent voting.
Illicit drug trade threatening peacebuilding efforts in Guinea-Bissau, UN warns (07.10.2008)
(Quelle: UN News) The impact of the illicit drug trade on Guinea-Bissau should not be underestimated, the top United Nations political official said today, warning that the scourge threatens to undo the important progress achieved by the post-conflict nation.
Soutenir la réforme du secteur de la sécurité (29.08.2008)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) L'instabilité politique récente, et notamment la dissolution du gouvernement au début du mois d'août, risque de retarder les projets de réforme tant attendus du secteur hypertrophié de la sécurité en Guinée Bissau, ce qui pourrait se répercuter sur la sécurité du pays, à long terme, selon Baciro Dja, président de l'institut national de défense.
Ban deeply concerned about rising tensions in Guinea-Bissau (11.08.2008)
(Quelle: UN News) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed his deep concern over the mounting political and security tensions in Guinea-Bissau, where the President swore in a new Government on Saturday following a failed coup attempt by military officers in the West African nation.
Crisis-hit Bissau gets new government until polls (10.08.2008)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Guinea-Bissau's president swore in a new government on Saturday, a day after the armed forces said military officers had tried to mount a coup to end a political crisis in the West African country.
Guinea-Bissau needs more support in fight to make economic gains – UN report (23.06.2008)
(Quelle: UN News) Guinea-Bissau’s economic and financial situation remains dire, despite some signs of possible improvement, a new United Nations report says, calling for greater international support to help the West African country emerge from its predicament and fight drug trafficking and organized crime.
UN Fund to spend $6 million on peacebuilding efforts (28.04.2008)
(Quelle: UN News) The United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, set up to help countries emerging from conflict avoid relapsing into violence, has agreed to provide Guinea-Bissau with $6 million to support the Government’s efforts relating to the upcoming legislative elections, security sector reform, the judiciary, the police and youth employment.
Security Council welcomes announcement of legislative polls (27.03.2008)
(Quelle: allAfrica) The Security Council today welcomed this week's announcement that Guinea-Bissau will hold legislative elections in November and called on the Government of the impoverished West African country to both speed up its preparations for those polls and to continue its efforts to consolidate peace.
International engagement key for peace, says top UN envoy (26.03.2008)
(Quelle: UN News) Welcoming last night’s announcement by Guinea-Bissau’s President of the date of upcoming legislative elections, the top United Nations to the West African nation today said that the international community must remain engaged for peace to be consolidated. … He warned that despite the rise in donor activity, the Government’s poverty reduction and security sector reform strategies remain “massively under-funded.”
EU SSR Guinea-Bissau: Head of mission appointed (04.03.2008)
(Quelle: Council of the European Union) Javier Solana, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), welcomed the appointment of General Juan Esteban Verástegui (Spain) as Head of the EU mission in support of security sector reform in the Republic of Guinea--Bissau (EU SSR Guinea-Bissau).
Council establishes EU mission in support of security sector reform in Guinea-Bissau (12.02.2008)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) The Council adopted a joint action establishing an EU mission in support of security sector reform in Guinea-Bissau (EU SSR Guinea-Bissau) to be conducted under the European security and defence policy (ESDP) (5497/08). … The mission will last up to 12 months from the declaration of initial operational capability.
Guinea-Bissau at a ‘turning point,’ says UN peacebuilding official (08.02.2008)
(Quelle: UN News) The engagement of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) in Guinea-Bissau comes at a “turning point” for the West African nation that is trying to consolidate peace after a brutal civil war in which thousands were killed, wounded or forced from their homes. Reporting on her recent two-day visit to the country, Maria Luiza R. Viotti – chair of the PBC’s country-specific configuration on Guinea-Bissau and Permanent Representative of Brazil to the UN – said that improvements are necessary in several areas, … .
UN Peacebuilding Commission representative heads to Guinea-Bissau (21.01.2008)
(Quelle: UN News) A senior Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) representative heads today to Guinea-Bissau for talks with Government officials, civil society groups, members of the private sector and international partners to help chart how the United Nations advisory body can help prevent the West African country from sliding back into war or chaos.
UN Peacebuilding Commission to begin assisting Guinea-Bissau (12.12.2007)
(Quelle: UN News) Guinea-Bissau will become the third country on the agenda of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), the United Nations advisory body set up to help countries emerging from conflict avoid sliding back into war or chaos, after the Security Council backed a request from the Government of the West African country. Guinea-Bissau is expected to formally join Sierra Leone and Burundi on the Commission’s country-specific workload once the PBC holds consultations next Monday on the Security Council’s referral of the situation.
UN peacebuilding office should be extended – Ban Ki-moon (07.12.2007)
(Quelle: UN News) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has recommended that the mandate of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau be extended for one year, with the possibility of it transforming into an integrated mission following the 2008 legislative elections.
Rising organized crime alarms Security Council (10.07.2007)
(Quelle: UN News) Voicing concern about the “alarming increase in organized crime, drug trafficking and the proliferation of illicit small arms in Guinea-Bissau,” the Security Council today called on the international community to step up its efforts to bolster the security institutions of the small African country.
Ban Ki-moon pledges UN support for parliamentary polls (09.07.2007)
(Quelle: UN News) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has assured Guinea-Bissau of the world body’s support in organizing and monitoring the parliamentary elections to be held next year in the small West African country, which has witnessed rising political and social tensions, and a deteriorating economic situation.
Migiro visits Guinea-Bissau in show of UN’s support (29.06.2007)
(Quelle: UN News) United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro arrived in Guinea-Bissau today on a visit intended to reaffirm the world body’s support for the West African’s country’s ongoing efforts to consolidate peace, national reconciliation and constitutional governance. This visit marks the first-ever by a Secretary-General or Deputy Secretary-General since Guinea-Bissau joined the UN in 1974. Her stop in Guinea-Bissau is part of a four-country trip including Austria, Ghana and Kenya.
New prime minister named (11.04.2007)
(Quelle: Irinnews) The president of Guinea-Bissau, João Bernardo ‘Nino’ Vieira, has named a new prime minister after three weeks of political uncertainty stemming from the national assembly’s passage of a no-confidence motion against the former premier, a long-time ally of Vieira. The president named Martinho N’Dafa Cabi, a vice president of the former ruling African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde. He replaces Aristides Gomes. … Analysts are keenly watching political events in Guinea-Bissau, a tiny, cashew-producing country that experienced a civil war between 1998 and 1999 and the United Nations Security Council recently expressed concern about “continuing political and social tensions”.
Resignation of PM sparks Security Council concern (30.03.2007)
(Quelle: allAfrica) The Security Council voiced alarm today about the political and social tensions in the small, impoverished West African nation of Guinea-Bissau after the resignation of the country's Prime Minister, and called on Government and legislative leaders to resolve their differences through dialogue. … Prime Minister Aristides Gomes resigned from his post yesterday after his Government lost a no-confidence vote in the National Assembly last week.
Fear of more insecurity with new political crisis (20.03.2007)
(Quelle: Irinnews) Guinea-Bissau’s parliament has passed a no-confidence motion against the country’s prime minister, triggering fears that more political instability could provoke violence as it has in the past. Last week, many of President João Bernardo ‘Nino’ Vieira’s former supporters in parliament defected, creating a new coalition, which on Monday voted for the dismissal of Prime Minister Aristides Gomes, the president’s ally. Observers say President Vieira has 72 hours either to concede to parliament’s demands and appoint a new prime minister or to dissolve parliament, which retains the power to approve or reject Vieira’s choice. … Many people in Bissau say they fear a dangerous new political crisis will end with conflict and the army taking over the impoverished, cashew-producing country as it did in 1999 and again in 2003.
Bissau army denies sending troops to Conakry (24.01.2007)
(Quelle: Irinnews) The Guinea-Bissau army has denied reports that it sent troops to neighbouring Guinea to support the government there as it faces unprecedented strikes and protests. “It is unthinkable that the Guinea-Bissau armed forces could intervene in Guinea Conakry’s internal problem,” Lt. Col. Celestino de Carvalho, advisor to the army chief-of-staff, told journalists in Bissau on Tuesday.
Ban appeals for ‘utmost restraint’ after killing of former navy chief (08.01.2007)
(Quelle: UN News) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the Government and political leaders of Guinea-Bissau to exercise utmost restraint and focus on development and reconciliation amid heightened tensions following the killing of the small West African country’s former Navy Chief. .. Last month, the Security Council extended the mandate of the seven-year-old UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) for another year in an effort to prevent a relapse into the bloodshed that marred much of the last decade.
Mandate of UN peacebuilding office in Guinea-Bissau extended by a year (15.12.2006)
(Quelle: UN News) The mandate of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) has been extended by a year and streamlined to strengthen efforts to promote dialogue and reconciliation in the West African nation and avoid lapsing back into bloodshed. Earlier this week, … Mr. Annan warned that Guinea-Bissau’s reconstruction remains so fragile that the country’s leading political figures must demonstrate to potential international donors and other economic partners that they can put national interests ahead of their own and resolve their disputes peacefully.
Political stability vital if Guinea-Bissau is to make economic progress – Annan (11.12.2006)
(Quelle: UN News) Guinea-Bissau’s economic reconstruction remains so fragile that it is vital the country’s main political figures show potential international donors and economic partners they can put national interests ahead of their own and resolve any disputes peacefully, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a report released today.
Annan selects Nigerian to serve as head of UN peacebuilding office in Guinea-Bissau (04.10.2006)
(Quelle: UN News) Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today that he plans to appoint Nigeria’s Shola Omoregie as his new representative in Guinea-Bissau and as head of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office to the West African country (UNOGBIS). Mr. Omoregie, 59, a veteran UN official, replaces Joao Bernardo Honwana of Mozambique, who left the post in mid-September to return to UN Headquarters.
Guinea-Bissau gaining ground but still at risk of major setbacks, says Annan (03.10.2006)
(Quelle: UN News) Guinea-Bissau has made some progress towards political reconciliation, but the West African country remains so poor and enduring tensions are still strong enough that the risk of a major setback is ever-present, less than a decade after the end of a bitter civil war, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a report issued today. “A strong commitment to improve the political climate continued to emerge” during the past three months, Mr. Annan said in his latest report to the Security Council on the work of the UN Peacebuilding Support Office, known as UNOGBIS.
Capital declared safe from mines (16.08.2006)
(Quelle: Irinnews) Officials in Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday declared the once embattled nation’s capital mine-free and said citizens were safe to roam anywhere in the city. … Guinea Bissau’s landmine problem goes back as far as the country’s war of independence from colonisers Portugal, when both sides planted landmines to defend their positions.
Government scrambles for funds to pay workers (21.06.2006)
(Quelle: Irinnews) The regional economic group ECOWAS has promised to finance the payment of three months of unpaid teachers, doctors and other government worker salaries after unions called a national strike. The main worker’s union, the Bissau National Worker’s Union (UNTG), called a three day strike on Tuesday and vowed to keep pressure on the government until workers’ wages were paid.
UN seeks $3.6 million to help people affected by clashes (16.05.2006)
(Quelle: UN News) The United Nations today appealed for $3.64 million to provide relief aid to Guinea-Bissau, where armed confrontations between the army and a faction of a Senegalese separatist group that ended earlier this month have left approximately 20,000 people in need of assistance.