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The event is organized by the Commission for the Organization of the National Conference "Pathways to Peace and Development" (COCN) aiming at: raising national awareness about the importance of dealing with the past for rescuing the country from the cycle of instability and political and social c
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The international symposium "Facing the past to build the future Guinea-Bissau" (Nó nfrenta past pa nô kumpu nô Guiné-bissau di amanhá) which was to take place this weekend was rescheduled to 8-11 February 2017 at the national parliament building, in Bissau.
Following a request from the Government of Guinea-Bissau to the United Nations system in the country and major international partners, a multidisciplinary commission was set up to prepare a plan to assist the thousands of Gambian refugees who have already entered the country.
Following consultations with more than 3,000 people across Guinea-Bissau, the Commission for the Organization of the National Conference "Pathways to Peace and Development" (COCN), mandated by the Bissau-Guinean parliament to resume the process leading to national reconciliation, organizes on 27-30 January 2017 an international symposium (provisional programme attached).
November 25 is the first of 16 days of activism to eliminate violence against women. As part of this year's commemoration, under the theme: "Alarming the world: mobilizing resources to end violence against women and girls," United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon encouraged global leaders to collaborate with the UN Women and the United Nations Fund for Ending Violence against Women.
In celebration of World Day of Human Rights, December 10, in Guinea-Bissau different civil society organizations in partnership with the United Nations have carried out many activities for the promotion and defense of Human rights, such as lectures in schools and universities, and distribution of a practical human rights guide.
On 1 December, World AIDS Day is commemorated - an act of solidarity with the 78 million people infected with HIV and remember the 35 million who died of AIDS-related illnesses since the earliest HIV cases were detected. This year the focus is on “Access Equity Rights Now".
Since 1995, 16 November has been celebrated around the world as the International Day of Tolerance, based on UNESCO's Declaration of Principles on Tolerance. Although in Guinea-Bissau the date has never been observed, everyone agrees that this is a country of tolerance and respect for diversity.
On October 24, Guinea-Bissau marked 71 years of existence of the United Nations with the inauguration of peace murals and film screenings in Bissau and in the regions on the new objectives of sustainable development.
Bissau, 7 November (UNIOGBIS/PIU) – Ending a mediation visit to Bissau on 5 November, the High-Level ECOWAS Mission led by the Chairperson of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government and Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, appealed to all Bissau-Guinean stakeholders to respect the Conakry Agreement.