MINUSCA News

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…

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Diane Corner of the United Kingdom as his Deputy Special Representative and Deputy Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated…

13 June 2014 – As ongoing violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) continues to drive civilians to seek safety elsewhere, the United Nations refugee agency is appealing to neighbouring countries to keep their borders…

On 26 May 2014, UNHCR launched a verification operation to document the situation of urban refugees and asylum seekers in Bangui. The operation aims to update their figures and attest their needs, in order to better target…

30 May 2014 -The members of the Security Council condemn in the strongest terms the recent attacks in the Central African Republic (CAR), including those committed on the 28th of May 2014 on the Church of Notre Dame de Fatima…

29 May 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned recent attacks in the Central African Republic (CAR) and encouraged the country’s Transitional Authority to do everything within its means to prevent…