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During their stay in Buba, (Quinara region), UN political advisers held separate meetings with members of the regional government and political parties, specifically MADEM-G15, PAIGC, APU-PDGB and PRS, to discuss lessons-learned from the March 10 legislative elections, and prospects for the presi
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Between July 30 and 31, the Political Affairs section of the United Nations Integrated Office for Peacebuilding in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) held monitoring visits to political parties, regional authorities and civil society organizations in the Quinara and Tombali regions.
With the purpose of contributing to peacebuilding and the rule of law in Guinea-Bissau, the Civil Society Movement for Peace, Democracy and Development / Bafatá, in collaboration with UNIOGBIS Human Rights Section, held a “Civil-Military Dialogue” in Bafatá.
As part of the commemoration of Nelson Mandela International Day, dedicated to offering 67 minutes to the community (representing the years Nelson Mandela dedicated to humanity), a group of 18 citizens from the most remote regions of Guinea-Bissau visited the organs of sovereignty of their country.
As part of its mission to support women's participation in politics and decision-making, the UN Women Program in Guinea-Bissau, in partnership with UNIOGBIS, will promote between 11 and 12 July 2019 , a national atelier for discussion and reflection on the implementation of the parity law in the last legislative elections, lessons learned and the main challenges for an inclusive and democratic electoral process.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in partnership with the Government of Guinea Bissau and the Ana Pereira Foundation, celebrated today in Bissau World Population Day under the motto "25 years of the ICPD: Accelerating the Promises" .
On 9 July, the UNIOGBIS Human Rights Section in partnership with the Human Rights Defenders Network provided technical support to civil society organizations for the holding of the Validation Workshop for the Civil Society Report for the 3rd Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review of Guinea-Bissau.
From 08 to 09 July, UNIOGBIS Gender Unit, jointly with the Women Mediators Network (REMUME) of Guinea Bissau, continued the series of training courses on mediation and dialogue for conflict resolutions at the community level.