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KABUL - A series of United Nations-facilitated public debates and discussions on the importance of the public’s participation in Afghanistan’s Presidential and Provincial Council elections, slated for next April, concluded…
21 December 2013 – Leila Zerrougui, the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Adama Dieng, the Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide and Nancee Oku Bright, representing the Special Representative on…
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23 December 2013 - The Government of Burundi and the UN system marked the Global Open Day on Women Peace and Security. At an event held on 20 December in Bujumbura, representatives of women from all over the country shared…
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UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Paolo Serra today received the Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Jean Kahwagi at UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura. The Commanders, accompanied by senior UNIFIL and…
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BALHK - An oil-processing plant owned by the Ghazanfar Group has resumed activities after four months of closure at the Hairatan port in northern Balkh province.The facility, which has the capacity of refining 500 tons of oil…
Some media reports published following the adoption by the UN Security Council of its Presidential Statement on the situation in Libya on 16 December are inaccurate, specifically on the matter of allocating a UN Guard Unit to…
Tripoli, 22 December 2013 - The fourth consultative meeting of leaders of Libyan political parties and various groups of the General National Congress as well as some independent personalities and others with wide expertise…
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Mogadishu - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, congratulates the new Prime Minister, Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, on his appointment today following a vote in the country’s Federal…
Memorial service in Juba on 21 December for two Indian soldiers killed in an attack on the UNMISS base in Akobo, Jonglei State, on 19 December. Photo: UNMISS/Julio R. Brathwaite
21 December 2013 - Honouring two Indian peacekeepers who lost their lives protecting civilians during an attack on its base in Akobo, Jonglei State, UNMISS held a memorial ceremony today in Juba. UNMISS and government…
20 December 2013 – The crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR), where thousands of people have been killed and 750,000 others driven from their homes, risks deteriorating even further amid escalating Muslim-Christian…
24 September 2013 – An independent United Nations human rights expert today called for the urgent protection of civilians uprooted by the current crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) which is marked by a virtual lack…