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1. The joint mission, comprising the United Nations (UN), the African Union (AU), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP) visited Bissau on 7 October…

KABUL - Aisha Khurram has been selected as Afghanistan’s Youth Representative to the United Nations for 2019, joining a group of other young people from across the globe to act as representatives for a new generation seeking…

Tripoli, 06 October 2019 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is appalled by an airstrike conducted by General Haftar’s forces, targeting the Equestrian Club in Tripoli’s Janzour neighbourhood. The airstrike…

QALA-E-NAW - At a UN-backed event in Qala-e-Naw, the capital of Badghis province in western Afghanistan, community leaders underscored the need for stronger measures to protect children in armed conflict. During the daylong…

Friday, 04 October 2019 – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is alarmed by indications that parallel, unrecognized authorities in Libya are threatening the operation and management of Libya's National Oil…

United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo will visit the Middle East from 5 to 11 October 2019 to discuss with key counterparts and partners current efforts by UN Missions…

SOURCE: UN NEWS “The Great Lakes region is, more than ever before in recent history, resolutely committed to pursuing stability for itself”, Huang Xia said in his first briefing to the 15 ambassadors since being appointed in…

Victims, security forces, former FARC-EP combatants, youth groups and community planted trees at the former Territorial Area for Training and Reincorporation (TATR) in Carrizal, Remedios, Antioquia with the support of the UN…

Mogadishu – The Somalia Partnership Forum concluded today in Mogadishu, with attendees taking stock of progress the country has made, while also noting remaining challenges and agreeing on a set of priority actions needed to…

Somalia Partnership Forum COMMUNIQUÉ 2 October 2019 Somalia and its international partners met in Mogadishu on 1-2 October 2019 for the Somalia Partnership Forum (SPF). The participants took stock of the progress made since…

On the occasion of the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Working Group on Women, Youth, Peace and Security in West Africa and the Sahel (WGWPS-AOS), which took place from 24 to 25 June 2019 in Dakar, UNOWAS…

PUL-E-KHUMRI - The rights of detainees must be protected, and their dignity upheld, said participants at a UN-backed symposium in the northeast city of Pul-e-Khumri, capital of Baghlan province. As part of the event…