KABUL - On behalf of the United Nations in Afghanistan I would like to present my best wishes for the Holy month of Ramadan, a time of reverence and peace. I sincerely hope that the people of Afghanistan will be able to use…
JALALABAD - A workshop focused on detainee rights brought together officials from judicial institutions in Jalalabad as part of a series of UNAMA-backed advocacy events and initiatives. Supported by the regional office of the…
Beirut, Lebanon Thursday, 11 June 2015 Speakers: Sigrid Kaag, Rayya El Hassan, Ferid Berhaj, Erik Solheim and Nasser Saidi Lebanon, deeply strained by the impact of the crisis in neighboring Syria, faces challenges but also…
KABUL - To engage men and boys as advocates for equality and women’s rights in Afghanistan, UN Women launched the HeForShe campaign in Kabul today. The campaign kicked off last year with various nations promoting advocacy…
Tunis - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), in collaboration with LibAid and implementing partner CESVI, has completed distribution of non-food items (NFI’s) to IDP families that have taken refuge in schools in Benghazi, Libya’s…
New York – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations in October 2014 to review the current state of UN peace operations.The Panel consisted of 16 members…
New York – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations in October 2014 to review the current state of UN peace operations.The Panel consisted of 16 members…
Tunis- The Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in collaboration with the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), recently conducted two workshops on internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Libya response. The workshops…
NEW YORK - The latest quarterly report on the situation in Afghanistan and the activities of the United Nations in the country is available now. The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Nicholas…
Tunis, Tunisia: The United Nations Mine Actions Service (UNMAS) and Arms and Ammunition Advisory Section (AAAS) of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) have celebrated an Awards and Graduation Ceremony for the…
14 June 2015 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Bernardino Leon, strongly condemns the storming of the Tunisian Consulate in the…