Wochenübersicht (Länder)
Afrika
Côte d'Ivoire
New report of the Secretary-General on the UN Operation (02.02.2012)
Quelle: S/2011/807
The report covers major developments since the report of 24 June 2011 (S/2011/387), including the holding of the legislative elections.
UN disarmament operation continues near Abidjan (01.02.2012)
Quelle: UN News
A United Nations voluntary disarmament operation began today in a suburb north of the Ivorian city of Abidjan, aiming to collect illegal weapons still in circulation among the civilian population. The operation, conducted by the UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) and national authorities, is part of a wider national campaign which began in June … .
Security improving but root causes of unrest remain – UN envoy (26.01.2012)
Quelle: UN News
Mr. Koenders underscored that the Ivorian Government still needed UNOCI’s support, to restore stability, through the reform of institutions, facilitating disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of former combatants, protection of civilians and aiding in the return of refugees and internally displaced persons.
Demokratische Republik Kongo
Kabila party loses seats in Congo parliament – results (02.02.2012)
Quelle: Reuters AlertNet
Democratic Republic of Congo’s ruling party has lost more than 40 percent of its legislative seats to rivals but will remain the largest bloc in parliament, according to full results from a Nov. 28 vote released on Thursday.
UN mission hails new strategy to defeat Congo militia groups (31.01.2012)
Quelle: VOA News
The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) is welcoming as a positive step a U.S. military strategy to defeat armed insurgents in the Great Lakes region.
UN mission hails new strategy to defeat Congo militia groups (31.01.2012)
Quelle: VOA News
The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) is welcoming as a positive step a U.S. military strategy to defeat armed insurgents in the Great Lakes region.
DRC army's loyalties uncertain around election (27.01.2012)
Quelle: IWPR
Recent elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, have highlighted the continuing power struggles between former rebel groups integrated into the Congolese army, prompting concerns about future stability and the government’s lack of control over military units in the east of the country.
DR Congo election results show no majority for Kabila (26.01.2012)
Quelle: BBC
With 432 of the 500 seats declared, President Joseph Kabila's PPRD party came first with 58 seats, followed by opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi's UDPS with 34.
Guinea Bissau
Guinea-Bissau free of all known anti-personnel mines (01.02.2012)
Quelle: Reliefweb
Guinea-Bissau has become the latest country to declare that it has cleared all known mined areas according to its obligations under the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, or Ottawa Convention. … The landmine problem in Guinea-Bissau dated as far back as the 1963-1974 liberation war with additional landmines and explosive remnants of war laid during the 1998-1999 civil war and the March 2006 Casamance conflict.
Beyond compromises: reform prospects in Guinea-Bissau – new ICG report (23.01.2012)
Quelle: ICG
The successful resistance of the Bissau-Guinean authorities to an attempted coup on 26 December 2011 is encouraging. It confirms the stabilisation the country has been experiencing since the political and military turmoil of 1 April 2010.
Liberia
UN steps up preparation of Liberia security agencies (25.01.2012)
Quelle: Reliefweb
The outgoing head of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) Ellen Loej said Wednesday that efforts to prepare national security agencies to take over from the mission were being intensified.
Libyen
Libya facing challenging transition, but authorities striving to succeed – UN (25.01.2012)
Quelle: UN News
Libya is going through a difficult transition, having inherited weak state institutions and an absence of political parties, the top United Nations envoy in the country told the Security Council today, adding that the interim Government is committed to addressing the challenges.
Somalia
Britain appoints first ambassador to Somalia in 21 years (02.02.2012)
Quelle: The Daily Star
Britain appointed Thursday its first ambassador to war-torn Somalia for 21 years, with an embassy to open in anarchic Mogadishu when the security situation allows, officials said.
UN condemns Al-Shabab's ban on ICRC (31.01.2012)
Quelle: Reliefweb
The UN has expressed concern over a ban by Somalia's Al-Shabab insurgents on aid distributions by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), with the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia saying the move would reverse gains made in the country's food security. … The ICRC was one of the last aid agencies operating in areas under Al-Shabab’s control.
AU, Kenyan forces move to squeeze rebels out of Somalia (30.01.2012)
Quelle: Reuters
African Union and Kenyan troops aim to squeeze Somali rebels linked to al Qaeda by pursuing a coordinated war on two fronts, the U.N. chief's special envoy in Somalia said Monday.
Ethiopia opens new front against Somalia's al-Shabab (30.01.2012)
Quelle: VOA News
Witnesses in Somalia say columns of Ethiopian troops have crossed into the country and are marching toward key al-Shabab strongholds, apparently opening a new military front against the Islamist militant group.
Return of UN political presence to Mogadishu “historic” step, says envoy (26.01.2012)
Quelle: UN News
On Tuesday Augustine P. Mahiga, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative, moved to the capital of the Horn of Africa nation from Nairobi along with a number of his core staff from the UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS).
Somali and African troops hit rebel posts in Mogadishu (20.01.2012)
Quelle: New York Times
Government and African Union forces began a heavy offensive early on Friday against insurgent strongholds on the outskirts of the capital, Mogadishu, trying to drive the Islamic militants they have long battled out of the city, officials and witnesses said.
Sudan (Darfur)
UNAMID chief told to avoid unnecessary contact with Bashir (01.02.2012)
Quelle: Sudan Tribune
The United Nations on Wednesday disclosed that it asked the head of the Darfur Peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) Ibrahim Gambari to avoid repeating unnecessary encounters with the Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir.
More needs to be done to enhance Darfur’s peace process – UN official (30.01.2012)
Quelle: UN News
A strong political will, adequate financial resources and strengthened operations to help Darfur’s vulnerable population are needed to accelerate the peace and reconciliation process in Sudan, a senior United Nations official said today.
Darfur rebels split after leader's death: peacekeepers (25.01.2012)
Quelle: Reliefweb
A rebel movement that was once the most powerful in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region appears to have split into factions since the death of its leader last month, the head of the peacekeeping mission to the region said on Wednesday.
Südsudan
Kiir explains South Sudan’s refusal to sign oil deal with Khartoum (01.02.2012)
Quelle: Sudan Tribune
South Sudan president, Salva Kiir Mayradit, on Tuesday told fellow heads of state at the (AU) summit that his country refused to sign a proposed deal on oil with neighboring Sudan because the deal failed to comprehensively address the fundamental causes of the crisis.
Sudan and South Sudan leaders bid to defuse oil dispute (26.01.2012)
Quelle: BBC
The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan are to meet in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to discuss a deepening crisis over sharing their oil wealth.
South Sudan shuts off oil in dispute with Sudan (23.01.2012)
Quelle: New York Times
South Sudan said Monday that it had started shutting down oil production and accused Sudan of seizing $815 million worth of crude.
Europa
Kosovo
Kosovo seeks full independence in 2012 (01.02.2012)
Quelle: Balkan Insight
Kosovo's parliament has adopted a resolution calling for the international community to permit full independence by the end of this year.
North Kosovo Serbs dismiss Tadic plan (26.01.2012)
Quelle: Balkan Insight
Serbian President's "four-point proposal” to resolve the stalemate in ethnically riven North Kosovo has received the thumbs down from local Serbs and from the nationalist opposition in Serbia.
OSCE: Political interference hampers Kosovo judiciary (25.01.2012)
Quelle: Balkan Insight
Kosovo’s judiciary still fails to meet European and international standards, since it is not fully independent from the executive branch, a newly released OSCE report finds.
West tells Serbia to pull police from Kosovo (24.01.2012)
Quelle: Reuters AlertNet
Western powers overseeing Kosovo’s independence called on neighbouring Serbia on Tuesday to quit "interfering" in the country and withdraw clandestine security forces.
Zypern
Ban calls for decisive steps towards final settlement after intensive talks (25.01.2012)
Quelle: UN News
Mr. Ban, who attended the talks between Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias and his Turkish Cypriot counterpart, Dervis Eroglu, on Monday and Tuesday, said “limited progress” was achieved during the meeting.
Kaukasus
Georgien
New South Ossetian crisis averted? (24.01.2012)
Quelle: RFE/RL
The protracted standoff in Georgia's breakaway republic of South Ossetia between Alla Dzhioyeva, the opposition candidate whose victory in a presidential runoff ballot last November was annulled by the republic's Supreme Court, and the republic's leaders may be close to an end.
Nagorno-Karabakh
Armenia, Azerbaijan see progress on Karabakh dispute (23.01.2012)
Quelle: RFE/RL
The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to accelerate talks aimed at settling the conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Naher und mittlerer Osten
Irak
Iraq bloc to end parliament boycott (29.01.2012)
Quelle: Al Jazeera
The largest political alliance in Iraq's government has said that it would end its boycott of parliament. The decision by Iraqiya on Sunday, backed by much of the country's Sunnis and some secular Shias, could ease an ongoing political crisis in the government of Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's Shia prime minister.
Israel / Palästina
In Middle East, Ban urges stepped-up efforts to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict (01.02.2012)
Quelle: UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on Israelis and Palestinians to take steps that will build trust and ensure an environment conducive to sustained negotiations, voicing his hope that the nascent talks begun last month between the two sides will continue.
Libanon
Ban appoints new force commander for UN operation in Lebanon (23.01.2012)
Quelle: UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Major General Paolo Serra of Italy as the new head of the United Nations mission responsible for helping foster stability in southern Lebanon.
Syrien
Diplomats at U.N. haggle with Russia toward a compromise on Syria (01.02.2012)
Quelle: New York Times
Security Council ambassadors on Wednesday began trying to negotiate a compromise resolution on Syria, with the bartering focused in good part on the conditions under which President Bashar al-Assad could be asked to cede power.
Arab League suspends Syria mission as violence rages (29.01.2012)
Quelle: Reuters AlertNet
The Arab League suspended its monitoring mission in Syria because of worsening violence, a move Damascus said was an attempt to encourage foreign intervention as it struggles to quell a 10-month revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.
Arab League awaits Syria reply on monitor extension (24.01.2012)
Quelle: Reuters AlertNet
Arab monitors will not stop working in Syria because of a decision by Gulf states to pull out their observers but the Arab League is still waiting for Damascus to respond to a request to formally extend the mission.
Süd-Asien
Süd-Ost-Asien
Südamerika und Karibik
Zentral-Asien
Afghanistan
Panetta says U.S. to end Afghan combat role as soon as 2013 (01.02.2012)
Quelle: New York Times
In a major milestone toward ending a decade of war in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said Wednesday that American forces would step back from a combat role there as early as mid-2013, more than a year before all American troops are scheduled to come home.
Afghan officials consider own talks with Taliban (30.01.2012)
Quelle: New York Times
Concerned that it is being left out of potential peace talks between the United States and the Taliban, the Afghan government is pushing to open its own direct negotiations with the insurgent group in Saudi Arabia, Afghan officials said on Monday.
Afghanistan to press Pakistan for access to Taliban (30.01.2012)
Quelle: Reuters
Afghanistan will press Pakistan for access to Taliban leaders during a one-day visit to Kabul by Pakistan's foreign minister, with Afghan officials hoping to ease cross-border strains and lay the ground for peace negotiations with the insurgents.
France, breaking with NATO, will speed Afghan exit (27.01.2012)
Quelle: New York Times
President Nicolas Sarkozy announced on Friday that France would break with its allies in NATO and accelerate the French withdrawal from Afghanistan, pulling back combat troops a year early, by the end of 2013.
Karzai meets Sarkozy as French threaten early pullout (26.01.2012)
Quelle: Reuters AlertNet
The French president last week suspended all French training and support operations on the ground and sent his defence minister and armed forces chief to Kabul after four of their soldiers were killed by a rogue Afghan soldier.
Talks with Taliban a long way off, American envoy says (22.01.2012)
Quelle:
No peace talks with the Taliban this week: That was the short message on Sunday from the American envoy charged with starting those negotiations.
Usbekistan
U.S. suspends ban on military assistance to Uzbekistan (02.02.2012)
Quelle: RFE/RL
The United States has temporarily waived a ban on providing military assistance to Uzbekistan because of the country's crucial role in transiting supplies to forces in Afghanistan, according to U.S. officials.