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The Media Innovation Consortium of Guinea-Bissau (CMICS) was presented to the public today at a press conference in Bissau. To mark the occasion, it launched a grant competition for investigative journalism.
The Security Council issued a press statement today following the briefing on 21 December, on the special report of the Secretary-General on the assessment of UNIOGBIS and the latest political developments in Guinea-Bissau.
The UN Security Council today will discuss the situation in Guinea-Bissau and a Special report of the Secretary-General on the strategic assessment of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau which recommends the exit of the Office by the end of 2020.
The government of Guinea-Bissau and UNIOGBIS held a high-level conference on the theme "National Dialogue on Combating Transnational Organized Crime" from 28-29 November in Bissau.
The workshop on the Mid-Term Review of the Strategic Partnership Framework between the United Nations and the Government of Guinea-Bissau (UNPAF) for the period 2016-2018 was on 8 November in Bissau.
The United Nations system in Guinea-Bissau marked the 73rd anniversary of the creation of the world organization with a two-day forum under the theme "A shared vision for the sustainable development of Guinea-Bissau-United Nations Partnership Agreement Framework (UNPAF)".
World Food Day was observed on October 16 under the motto: "Our Actions are Our Future. A ZERO Hunger World by 2030 is possible. "
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Guinea-Bissau (SRSG), Jose Viegas Filho, was on the ground today to see by himself the ongoing voter registration. SRSG Filho went to Bra neighborhood in Bissau talking to future electors and to those in charge at the registration on the site.
The registration process is underway in Guinea-Bissau, despite the difficulties. With about 150 teams on the ground, the Electoral Process Support Office (GTAPE) has already managed to register more than 30,000 voters.