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NEWYORK- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his deep sadness at the news of the helicopter crash on the outskirts of the Afghan capital, Kabul, which claimed the lives of over a dozen Turkish soldiers and Afghan…

KANDAHAR - Wide spectrum of the Afghan society in the country’s south have called for calm in the aftermath of tragic killing earlier this week of civilians in Kandahar province. According to the Kandahar Governor’s Office…

NEW YORK - I was very, very sad to hear about this shocking incident. So many people, including children, were killed by the act of a single individual. We expect that an investigation will rapidly establish the facts and…

Officer in Charge of UNMIL Moustapha Soumaré, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Côte d'€™Ivoire (UNOCI), Albert Koenders, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa, Saïd Djinnit, and…

11 March 2012 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNIOGBIS Joseph Mutaboba today welcomed the relative peaceful environment noted during the first week of electoral campaign in Guinea-Bissau and…

NEW YORK - The United Nations is stepping up its efforts to provide health, food aid and temporary shelter to those affected by the avalanche that hit the Dispay village in the Badakshan province of northern Afghanistan last…

BAMYAN - Residents of Bamyan in Afghanistan’s central highlands converged today at the foot of the cavern where a Giant Buddha once stood to commemorate the 11th anniversary of its destruction. Bamyan’s two cliff-carved Giant…

8 March 2012 - To mark the International Women's Day a joint mission composed of United Nations officials and members of Guinea-Bissau's Government today visited two women's driven agricultural projects in the region of Oio…

KABUL - More than 500 women and men in Kandahar gathered today to mark International Women’s Day, which included a play by an all-woman cast to show the negative side of underage and forced marriages. “We want more education…

NEW YORK - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today joined other senior United Nations officials on the eve of International Women’s Day in highlighting the potential of rural women to improve the well-being of entire societies if…