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Dakar, 28 May 2011 - Representatives of the United Nations (UN) peace missions in West Africa held their twenty-first high-level consultation in Dakar in order to facilitate the coordination of the action of the UN promoting…

26 May 2011 - This programme examines secondary education in Afghanistan, including the latest achievements but also challenges the Ministry of Education currently faces. Feature interviews include the Media Advisor to the…

25 May 2011 – Major fossil fuel exporting and importing nations in the Asia-Pacific, meeting at a United Nations forum, agreed today to enhance cooperation to promote energy self-reliance in a region where high food and oil…

23 May 2011 - The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has drafted a plan committing Member States and development partners to implement priority nutrition interventions and policies on health care, education and…

25 May 2011 - The Sharia Faculty of Takhar University in northern Afghanistan is today holding a conference on the Sharia law, the Afghan Constitution and human rights. The conference comes one day after a similar event was…

UN Security Council members visited Nairobi to discuss Somalia’s future, urging Somali leaders to resolve political divisions and focus on key governance tasks while also meeting with regional leaders, civil society, and…

Bujumbura, May 23, 2011_The United Nations independent expert on human rights in Burundi today welcomed what he said were several positive rights developments in the small African country, but cautioned about the continuing…

24 May 2011 – Speaking in front of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and his cabinet members in the Presidential Palace, a woman is making a series of demands. She is a representative from a District Development Assembly…

JALALABAD - Like many Afghan returnees, when Sayd Arif returned to Afghanistan in 2005 his main concern was where to live. Arif said he could have never afforded to buy a plot of land and build a house on his own. He was…