UNIOGBIS Background

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : Consequently, the UN Security Council approved the establishment of the UN Peace-building Support Office in Guinea Bissau, UNOGBIS, on 3 March 1999.
59% : The UN General Assembly admitted the new country as a member one year later, on 17 September 1974.
58% : The same priorities were outlined in the document "Terra ranka" which also served the base for the new UN partnership framework (UNPAF) document to be signed with the Government in April 2016.
57% : It requested the UN Secretary-General "to be actively engaged in this process, in order to harmonize the respective positions of international bilateral and multilateral partners, particularly the AU, ECOWAS, the CPLP and the EU, and ensure maximum coordination and complementarity of international efforts, with a view to developing a comprehensive integrated strategy with concrete measures aimed at implementing security sector reform, political and economic reforms, combating drug-trafficking and fighting impunity.
55% : From left to right - PAIGC leaders, D. S. Pereira and J. M. Vaz during 2014 elections; 1974 - GB joins the UN; The first president of GB, Luís Almeida Cabral; Last column, P.A.I.G.C. declares independence and the main leader of the movement, A. Cabral. Guinea-Bissau became declared its independence on 24 September 1973 after a 13 year long war against the former colonial power - Portugal -, which was by then under the Salazar dictatorship.
50% : The United Nation's involvement in peace-building in Guinea-Bissau dates back to this period - 1999 - following the eleven-month civil war between the government of President Joao Bernardo Vieira and a Military Junta led by General Ansumane Mane.
50% : In its resolution 2048 (2012) of 18 May 2012, the UN Security Council reiterated earlier demands for the restoration of constitutional order and called for a democratic electoral process in the country.
49% : In the meantime, a number of other UN agencies, funds and programmes continue to provide humanitarian and development assistance aimed at supporting the most vulnerable populations.
48% : On 1 January 2010, it was replaced by the UN Integrated Peace-building Office in Guinea-Bissau, UNIOGBIS.
45% : " The Security Council also instituted travel bans against 11 high-ranking military officers involved in the coup, including the Armed Forces Chief of General Staff.
44% : The UN Peacebuilding Fund also suspended activities it considered to be in direct support of the Government.
41% : It was not recognized by the Community of Portuguese-Language countries (CPLP), to which Guinea-Bissau belongs, or by the European Union (EU), which imposed targeted sanctions on some members of the military following the coup.
29% : The United Nations and Guinea-Bissau's other partners expressed concern at the incident as well as the human rights violations, including killings, beatings, and illegal detentions, that have followed it.

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