24 April 2015 - The President of Guinea-Bissau Configuration Group and Vice-President of the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, António Patriota visited Guinea-Bissau from 20 to 21 April, to convey to the national authorities…
BAMYAN - Afghan police women met in Bamyan at a United Nations workshop to discuss the practical implementation of key UN resolutions on women’s rights and the protection of civilians. The recent Protection of Civilians…
New York, 24 April 2015 - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Ali H. Al-Za’tari of Jordan as his new Deputy Special Representative and Deputy Head of the United Nations Support…
Enabled through UNESCO’s Regional Programmes that promote an enabling environment for freedom of expression, on Thursday 23 April 2015, twenty-six Libyan journalists celebrated their completion of an intensive communication…
Zarzis, Tunisia, 21 April 2015 – UNICEF launched ‘Together for Children’, a national campaign with municipalities in Libya.The Campaign aims at providing psychosocial support for the internally displaced children, the…
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan – On 24 April, Miroslav Jenča, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, visited Uzbekistan for meetings with the…
23 April 2015 - Representatives of Libyan women groups and women activists, from diverse backgrounds representing all areas of Libya, concluded a two-day meeting in the framework of the political dialogue with the aim of…
22 April 2015 - The history of Guinea-Bissau has been marked by instability, human rights violations and fragile institutions. Gun ownership in the hands of civilians has been one of the causes and consequence of that…
KANDAHAR - Spotlighting women’s important role in politics and the Afghan peace process, the southern regional office of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) launched a radio series in Kandahar…
Mogadishu – The United Nations, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the European Union (EU), African Union Mission in Somalia, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom welcome the formation of the…
Mogadishu –The United Nations, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the European Union (EU), African Union Mission in Somalia, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom welcome the formation of the…
KABUL - At the end of a seven-day mission to Afghanistan, a senior United Nations’ human rights official described the “paradoxical situation” in which the country finds itself. “On the one hand, there are new opportunities…