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Special Representative visits hospital run under Government-NGO partnership
11 June 2013 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, on Tuesday, 11 June 2013, visited the Raoul Follereau Hospital, a medical institution in Bissau run by an Italian not-for-profit organisation under an agreement with the Government of Guinea-Bissau.
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UN officials focus on social, economic situation at HDR 2013 launch
06 June 2013 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, expressed concern at the socio-economic situation in Guinea-Bissau when he addressed a seminar held on Thursday 6 June in Bissau to mark the launch of the 2013 Human Development Report (HDR) commissioned by the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
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SRSG José Ramos-Horta’s Interview with the "Global Observatory"
25 May 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, was the guest of the "Global Observatory" on 23 May 2013. He was interviewed by Warren Hoge, Senior Adviser at the International Peace Institute (*), which publishes the Observatory. Below are excerpts from the interview.
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Security Council extends UN political mission in Guinea-Bissau
22 May 2013 - The United Nations Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations political mission in Guinea-Bissau to assist in finding solutions to the political and economic crisis being exacerbated by additional challenges posed by transnational crime, in particular drug trafficking and money laundering.

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Bijante village on Bubaque Island in the Bijagos archipelago. Participants in N'ubir Kusina, a ritual initiatory ceremony for young men. Once done, this enables boys to reach adult status thus qualifying for fatherhood, land ownership and the right to get married.