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The International Contact Group on the Central African Republic (ICG-RCA) held its 6th meeting in Bangui, on 11 November 2014, under the co-chairmanship of Mr. Basile Ikouebe, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of…

The United Nations is needed more than ever at this time of multiple crises. Poverty, disease, terrorism, discrimination and climate change are exacting a heavy toll. Millions of people continue to suffer deplorable…

10 October 2014 – Strongly condemning the recent deadly ambush of a convoy of United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Security Council today deplored all attacks and provocations by armed groups…

Bangui, 09 October 2014: The Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) and Head of Mission, Lt-General (rtd) Babacar Gaye, strongly condemned the ambush this evening against MINUSCA peacekeepers in the outskirts…

26 September 2014 – Due to the rainy season in the Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations World Food Programme ( WFP) has announced that it is facing a double challenge of insecurity and logistical constraints.…

Thank you for joining forces to focus on the situation in the Central African Republic. I extend a special welcome to the Head of State of the Transition, Ms. Catherine Samba-Panza. I thank Mediator of the CAR crisis --…

New York, 24 September 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has learned with “profound sadness” of the passing today of Margaret Vogt, who served as his Special Representative in the Central African Republic (CAR) from 2011…

New York, 15 September 2014 - The members of the Security Council welcomed the seamless transition of authority from the African-led International Support Mission in the Central African Republic (MISCA) to the United Nations…

New York 19 August 2014 – With a month left to the before full deployment of the United Nations mission in the Central African Republic (CAR), the UN envoy for that country today said that while there have been pockets of…

The Security Council, in its resolution 2127(2013) of 5 December 2013, requested the Secretary-General to rapidly establish an international commission of inquiry for an initial period of one year, including experts in both…

As the United Nations “re-hats” some of the African troops currently serving in the Central African Republic to a peacekeeping mission that will take over in mid-September, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced that…

The members of the Security Council welcomed the signing of a cessation of hostilities and violence agreement between armed groups in the Central African Republic during the Central African National Reconciliation Forum held…