8 July 2013 - The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights (ASG), Ivan Å imonovic arrived in Guinea-Bissau on 8 July, at the invitation of the transitional government, to attend Guinea-Bissau's first…
UNESCO has organized jointly with the Department of Antiquities of Libya and the "Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione e il Restauro – IsCR" a training courses in conservation of movable property in Libya 8 June – 4 July…
Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, has learnt with deep sorrow of the killing of Libaan Abdullahi Farah ‘Qaran’ a reporter of Somali Kalsan TV based in Gaalkacyo…
Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, has learnt with deep sorrow of the killing of Libaan Abdullahi Farah ‘Qaran’ a reporter of Somali Kalsan TV based in Gaalkacyo…
KABUL - Extreme overcrowding, a lack of medical care and poor sanitation. These are just some of the challenges facing the Afghan corrections system, and which the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is…
KABUL - As Afghanistan prepares to mark the holy month of Ramadan, I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate its people and Government and wish them peace and happiness throughout the coming days. Afghanistan has…
PAKTYA - Beekeepers in Paktya province have been able to increase honey production and maintain its “high quality because of easy access to a variety of juicy flowers,” but they lack access to foreign markets and face “a…
KABUL - An Afghan Government project launched two years ago seeking to address the country’s “highly bureaucratic, time consuming and expensive business licensing regime” has reduced administrative burdens and opportunities…
KABUL - The first decade of the 21st century was the warmest in the world since modern measurements began around 1850, and 2010 was the hottest year ever recorded, with far-reaching implications for our environment, according…
(Video inside) 1. I am pleased to meet with you this morning to share ideas about my recent briefing to the United Nations Security Council on 18 June 2012 in New York and the controversy that surrounded it in Libya. 2. As I…
KABUL - At the end of a five-day visit to Afghanistan which included a range of high-level meetings and a field trip, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Jan Eliasson, reaffirmed the commitment of the world body to…