23 December 2013 – Urgent national and international action is crucial to prevent the Central African Republic (CAR) from plunging into full-scale sectarian conflict and protect civilians, particularly women and children…
KABUL - A series of United Nations-facilitated public debates and discussions on the importance of the public’s participation in Afghanistan’s Presidential and Provincial Council elections, slated for next April, concluded…
21 December 2013 – Leila Zerrougui, the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Adama Dieng, the Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide and Nancee Oku Bright, representing the Special Representative on…
23 December 2013 - The Government of Burundi and the UN system marked the Global Open Day on Women Peace and Security. At an event held on 20 December in Bujumbura, representatives of women from all over the country shared…
BALHK - An oil-processing plant owned by the Ghazanfar Group has resumed activities after four months of closure at the Hairatan port in northern Balkh province.The facility, which has the capacity of refining 500 tons of oil…
Some media reports published following the adoption by the UN Security Council of its Presidential Statement on the situation in Libya on 16 December are inaccurate, specifically on the matter of allocating a UN Guard Unit to…
Tripoli, 22 December 2013 - The fourth consultative meeting of leaders of Libyan political parties and various groups of the General National Congress as well as some independent personalities and others with wide expertise…
Mogadishu - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, congratulates the new Prime Minister, Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, on his appointment today following a vote in the country’s Federal…
Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, congratulates the new Prime Minister, Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, on his appointment today following a vote in the country’s Federal…
20 December 2013 – The crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR), where thousands of people have been killed and 750,000 others driven from their homes, risks deteriorating even further amid escalating Muslim-Christian…
20 December 2013: United Nations Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay says political leaders in the Central African Republic were manipulating religious differences in the country to incite civilians into violence. The high…
19 December 2013 – A group of independent United Nations human rights experts today urged all parties in the Central African Republic (CAR), where armed clashes have escalated in recent weeks leading to deaths and population…