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BAMYAN - Ways to advance the social and economic standing of Afghan women by promoting good governance were explored by a panel of experts at a UNAMA-backed event in central Bamyan province. The event drew 15 women from a…
The UN Mission in South Sudan - UNMISS, has condemned the rising wave of insecurity in parts of the country including in Mayom County, where an attack on a convoy in Adok earlier in the week left a Member of Parliament…
New York, 26 October 2016 [as prepared for delivery] It is a pleasure to join you today. I am only sorry that I missed this year’s SIPA Follies at the Apollo Theater. Is it too late for me to party like a seeple?! Thank you…
SdeM: Good afternoon. We had just now the Humanitarian Task Force, and I must say, it was particularly focused on what has been the lessons learned from the medical evacuation that did not, unfortunately, take place from…
Mr. Chairman, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great pleasure for me to address the Fourth Committee and introduce the Secretary-General’s latest report on “Overall policy matters pertaining to special political…
In an effort to implement the UNMISSs’ policy on a safe environment mission administration in Aweil has embarked on a waste collection and recycling management system. Speaking to the CPI Section in an exclusive interview…
A total of 145 children were released today by the Cobra Faction and opposition forces. The children were handed over to the National Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Commission. The handover, in Pibor, was…
Luanda, 26 October 2016 - Heads of State and Government of Africa’s Great Lakes met today in Luanda, Angola, under the chairmanship of Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos in his capacity as chairman of the International…
KABUL - The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns yesterday’s killing of 26 civilians by a group of armed men in Ghor province. The assailants deliberately shot and killed the male civilians in the Ghalmin…
KABUL - The empowerment and protection of women are essential to strategies countering violent extremism, said senior UN officials today after meeting with Afghan civil society representatives in Kabul. Today’s meeting marked…
Mogadishu, 23 October 2016 - The new Head of the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS), Hubert Price, today visited key facilities run by the UN in Mogadishu to familiarize himself with operations of the…
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Cyprus and Head of UNFICYP, Ms. Elizabeth Spehar, on 21 October presided over a Medal Presentation ceremony for United Nations Police in Cyprus. Held at the UN…