19 February 2010, Freetown - The United Nation Office in Sierra Leone through the UN Peace Building fund, on Friday 19th February 2010 donated items worth millions of Leones to the House of Parliament in Freetown. The…
The $1,000,000 USD from the Emergency Window Peacebuilding Fund was used to equip and train the Sierra Leone Police for crowd control, following an upsurge in violence that highlighted the need to strengthen their role in…
UN News Centre (New York) 11 June 2010 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Staffan de Mistura today concluded a one and half day visit in the province of Herat, in the west of Afghanistan. Photo story…
As chair of the Integrated Task Force (ITF) on Somalia, DPA led inter-agency mission visited the region, from 31 May to 11 June 2010, to examine the progress in the implementation of UN political and programmatic activities…
11 June 2010 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Guinea-Bissau, Joseph Mutaboba, today highlighted progress made and challenge to overcome in Guinea-Bissau in the implementation of the Security Council…
UN News Centre (New York) 10 June 2010 - The top United Nations official in Afghanistan has condemned last night’s attack on a wedding party in the southern province of Kandahar, which reportedly killed around 40 people and…
Special Representative Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah along with representatives of the Islamic Development Bank and Turkey co-chaired the first meeting to discuss the implementation of the recommendations made at the conference.
10 June 2010 - I am shocked and deeply saddened at the loss of life and large number of those injured last night in Nagahan village, Arghandab in Kandahar. English Pashto & Dari I condemn this outrageous act. To specifically…
9 June 2010 - Mohammed Azeem opens the iron gate to the compound where his family lives in the second district of Farah city. Outside, two female volunteers for the polio immunization campaign ask the 15-year-old boy about…
9 June 2010 - Afghanistan’s ace cyclist – who toured 14 countries on a bicycle in 2002-2003 with a message of peace – is planning to embark on a world tour again “within a few weeks.” Nadir Shah’s upcoming tour has the added…
9 June 2010 - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Afghanistan has trained 300 police officers in gender issues related to domestic violence. Photo story At the launch of a three-day photographic exhibition at…