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Mogadishu – The head of the new United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) today pledged to support the Government and the people of the country in their quest for security and prosperity, as he arrived in the…
NEW YORK - Sixty-seven countries signed a United Nations treaty that aims to regulate the trade of conventional weapons across international borders, on the day it opened for signature at the world body’s headquarters in New…
Yokohama – The Secretary-General met today with H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of the Republic of Somalia. They discussed latest political and security developments in Somalia, as well as the forthcoming deployment of…
Mogadishu – The new Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, arrived in Somalia today to assume his duties as head of the new UN political mission, the United Nations Assistance…
Conakry, 31 May 2013 - Said Djinnit welcomed that the situation has remained calm in Conakry. He invited the parties to participate in the meeting on Monday 3 June to resume dialogue. The Facilitator called on the parties to…
A senior United Nations official today stressed the need for widespread support from the international community for the new Somali Government to help it succeed in its reform efforts. [Full Story]
KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns the two deadly attacks which took place in the country’s east today, killing at least 19 people, including a dozen children –…
PUL-E-KHUMRI - Abdul Sadat, a radio reporter working in the northern Afghan province of Baghlan, has been threatened by various groups three times in the last six years for working as a journalist seeking information. Mr…
KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and UN Women have urged Afghan authorities to step up their efforts to ensure the full implementation of the law on the Elimination of Violence Against…
On a hot sunny afternoon in May in Kabul, over a hundred schoolgirls, ranging between 13 and 16 years of age and wearing sports clothes and headscarves emblazoned with the flag of Afghanistan, ran as fast as they could. The…
KABUL - Preparations are underway to roll out a socio-demographic and economic survey in Kabul Province, with the aim of collecting reliable data which can help guide the development policies and programmes of the Afghan…
United Nations agencies and their partners are carrying out an intensive vaccination campaign to contain a polio outbreak in the world’s largest refugee camp, Dadaab complex in north-eastern Kenya. [Full Story]