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18 October 2012 - A symposium on Military versus Common Criminal Justice sponsored by the UN Integrated Peace-building Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) was held in Bissau on 16-17 October 2012. Sixty (60) participants drawn…

Lofa County has its fare share of women abandoned by men, leaving them with the burden of looking after the children on their own. Mothers, many of them young, are unable to support the children, who often end up on the…

KABUL - United Nations agencies and their Afghan Government partners celebrated the 32nd World Food Day in Kabul yesterday by highlighting the role of cooperatives in improving food security and contributing to the…

KABUL - Afghanistan has registered major progress in girls’ education and “remarkable increase” in the number of primary school students in the last decade, said a United Nations report released yesterday in Paris. Download…

FARYAB - Izumi Nakamitsu, the Director of the Asia and Middle East Division of the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, led a UN delegation to Maimana city of Faryab province on Thursday last week. The officials were…

KABUL - The United Nations is to help Afghanistan combat the effects of climate change, teaming up with the country’s Government to implement a $6 million initiative that aims to operate in vulnerable communities and shore up…

12 October 2012 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, Mr. Joseph Mutaboba, on Friday reiterated the United Nations' commitment to the West African country and its people. Speaking at a…

The Gbarnga-based engineering unit of UNMIL Bangladeshi contingent (BANENGR-18) continues to contribute to the development of the road sector in Liberia. In addition to carrying out regular maintenance work on the network of…

11 October 2012, Monrovia: A national retreat focusing on prevention of sexual abuse of children concluded in Monrovia today with a joint official declaration from the Government, civil society, and the UN for a comprehensive…

Members of the Ghanaian contingent in Buchanan (GHANBATT-16) continue to extend a hand of friendship to the people of Grand Bassa with the provision of humanitarian assistance to various segments of the population. After…