Peace Operations Update
Afrika
Côte d'Ivoire
Ivory Coast announces new electoral commission (26.02.2010)
Quelle: Reliefweb
Ivory Coast announced the formation of a new electoral commission on Friday, a key step towards resolving a political crisis in the top cocoa producer that provoked days of violent street demonstrations.
Ivory Coast announces new electoral commission (26.03.2009)
Quelle: Reliefweb
Ivory Coast announced the formation of a new electoral commission on Friday, a key step towards resolving a political crisis in the top cocoa producer that provoked days of violent street demonstrations.
Demokratische Republik Kongo
UN plans to end peacekeeping mission (04.03.2010)
Quelle: BBC
The UN has said it is has begun discussions with the Democratic Republic of Congo government on withdrawing peacekeeping troops. … Its current mandate is due to expire at the end of May and the new one will include an exit strategy.
Guinea Bissau
Security sector reform vital to stability in Guinea-Bissau, says UN report (03.03.2010)
Quelle: UN News
Security sector reform remains the most crucial element to ensuring stability in Guinea-Bissau, according to a new United Nations report released today, which calls on the international community to support the country’s efforts towards this goal.
Liberia
UN blue helmets sent to scene of violence in north-west Liberia (26.02.2010)
Quelle: UN News
The United Nations Mission in Liberia has sent police and troops to help national authorities investigate an outbreak of violence in the country's north-west, where several people have reportedly been wounded in inter-communal clashes.
Somalia
UN envoy congratulates Government leaders on one-year anniversary (01.03.2010)
Quelle: UN News
The top United Nations envoy to Somalia today praised the “strong” and “united” leadership of the strife-torn country’s Government during its first year in power, in a message appealing to outside forces to end their destabilizing interference in the Horn of Africa nation.
AU wants country declared no fly zone (28.02.2010)
Quelle: allAfrica
The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) has asked the UN to impose a no-fly zone on Somalia and block sea ports through which foreign groups supply logistics to the insurgents.
Rebel group orders UN food agency to leave Somalia (28.02.2010)
Quelle: Reliefweb
Somalia's hardline Islamist rebel group al Shabaab has ordered the U.N food agency to halt all operations and leave the failed horn of Africa state, a statement from the rebels said on Sunday.
Somalia - Golf von Aden
Somali pirates' new land tactics worry UN (02.03.2010)
Quelle: BBC
New land tactics being employed by Somali pirates may be a cause for concern, a UN spokesman told the BBC.
Sudan
Sudan's SPLM reaches 'breakthrough deal' on poll (26.02.2010)
Quelle: BBC
The main parties in north and south Sudan have reached a deal on the distribution of seats in parliament, ending a long deadlock.
Sudan (Darfur)
Darfur rebels threaten to quit peace talks (03.03.2010)
Quelle: Reliefweb
Darfur's strongest rebel group threatened on Wednesday to walk out of new peace talks with Sudan's government if Khartoum pushed on with plans to sign agreements with other insurgents. The rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) … signed a ceasefire with Khartoum in Qatar last week promising to come to a final peace deal by March 15.
Darfur new rebel group announces formation of its structure (03.03.2010)
Quelle: Sudan Tribune
The Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM), formed by ten rebel groups on Tuesday February 23, announced today in Doha the names of its executive bureau and other bodies, ahead of talks with the Sudanese government on a framework agreement.
UN-African Union mission seeks to boost ceasefire monitoring (01.03.2010)
Quelle: UN News
Following last week’s signing of a ceasefire between the Sudanese Government and a major rebel group, the joint United Nations-African Union mission in the war-ravaged Darfur region has announced that it plans to increase its capacity to monitor the agreement to end hostilities.
Zentralafrikanische Republik
Les élections présidentielles et législatives sont prévus pour fin avril (26.02.2010)
Quelle: Reliefweb
Les élections présidentielles et législatives se tiendront le 25 avril, a annoncé le président François Bozizé, dans un décret diffusé jeudi à la radio nationale.
Zentralafrikanische Republik / Tschad
Chad agrees to 2-month UN mission extension (01.03.2010)
Quelle: Reliefweb
Chad has accepted a U.N. proposal to extend the mandate of its peacekeeping force in the West African country until May 15, the U.N. Secretary General's special representative said on Monday.
Chad and Sudan finalize joint boarder security forces (27.02.2010)
Quelle: Reliefweb
Sudan and Chad met on Friday to finalize arrangements for the boarder deployment of joint forces.
MINURCAT - achievements, disappointments and a fragile future (26.02.2010)
Quelle: Reliefweb
Insecurity, impunity and underdevelopment threaten civilian populations in eastern Chad despite the presence of the United Nations and repeated promises by the Government of Chad to improve the situation.
Europa
Bosnien und Herzegowina
BiH fails to meet conditions for OHR closure (26.02.2010)
Quelle: Southeast European Times
The Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Steering Board is dissatisfied with BiH's failure to meet conditions needed to turn the Office of the High Representative (OHR) into a EU Special Representative (EUSR) office.
Kosovo
EULEX chief backs Kosovo task force (02.03.2010)
Quelle: Southeast European Times
EULEX chief Yves de Kermabon welcomed on Monday (March 1st) the government's decision to establish a task force to fight corruption.
Imposing integration in Kosovo (01.03.2010)
Quelle: ISN Security Watch
Steps are being made to administratively reintegrate northern Kosovo with Pristina, but analysts fear that forced implementation is a dangerous, if not impossible, road, … .
EU extends Feith mandate (25.02.2010)
Quelle: B92
EU Council of Ministers in Brussels has extended the mandate of the EU Special Representative in Kosovo Pieter Feith until August 31.
Kaukasus
Naher und mittlerer Osten
Irak
U.S. fears election strife in Iraq could affect pullout (03.03.2010)
Quelle: New York Times
The deadly suicide bombings in Iraq on Wednesday highlight the central quandary facing President Obama as he tries to fulfill his campaign pledge to end the war there: Will parliamentary elections, scheduled for Sunday, throw the country back into the sectarian strife that flared in 2004 and delay the planned American withdrawal?
Iraq’s uncertain future: elections and beyond – new ICG report (25.02.2010)
Quelle: International Crisis Group
The run-up to the Iraqi elections on 7 March has brought to light deep-seated problems that threaten the country’s fragile recovery. “Iraq’s Uncertain Future: Elections and Beyond”, the latest report from the International Crisis Group, examines the path to the country’s third parliamentary election in five years.
Israel / Palästina
Mideast peace talks could begin as early as Sunday (04.03.2010)
Quelle: Haaretz
Indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority may begin as early as Sunday, Haaretz had learned. U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell will land in Israel on Saturday night, and the American administration is hoping the sides will declare the beginning of indirect talks the following morning, ahead of the arrival of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Monday.
Süd-Asien
Süd-Ost-Asien
Philippinen/Mindanao
Peace monitors return to southern Philippines (01.03.2010)
Quelle: Reliefweb
Malaysian-led peace monitors have returned to the troubled southern Philippines for the first time since Muslim rebels launched a wave of deadly attacks in 2008, officials said Monday.
Timor-Leste
Security Council extends UN mission for another year (26.02.2010)
Quelle: UN News
The Security Council today extend for another year the mandate of the United Nations mission working to promote peace, stability and development in Timor-Leste.
Südamerika und Karibik
Zentral-Asien
Afghanistan
Joint approach to stabilise and rebuild Afghanistan (02.03.2010)
Quelle: Reliefweb
Australia's military, police and civilian agencies are taking a joint approach to stabilise and rebuild Afghanistan.
US aims to shift strategy to combat Afghan opium (01.03.2010)
Quelle: Reliefweb
The United States is shifting its strategy on opium production in Afghanistan from eradication of crops to a broader focus involving interdiction and alternative agriculture, an official said Monday.
German parliament votes to extend, boost Afghan mission (26.02.2010)
Quelle: RFE/RL
Germany's parliament has voted to send up to 850 more troops to Afghanistan and extend the mission by one year.