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1 April 2011 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Guinea-Bissau, Joseph Mutaboba, this week travelled to Brasilia and Lisbon as part of the organization efforts to mobilize international community for…

KABUL - On World TB Day, health officials in Afghanistan are calling the disease one of the country’s greatest public health threats. Afghanistan ranks among the 22 high-burden TB countries in the world. More than 50,000…

22 March 2011 - The Special-Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNIOGBIS, Joseph Mutaboba, today met with the Angolan Secretary of State for External Relations, Manuel Augusto. The discussions focused the…

KABUL - Afghans across the country today marked the start of Persian Year 1390 and the first day of spring by visiting relatives, eating traditional foods and enjoying cultural events on what is the beginning of the solar…

15 March 2011 - The United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA) will host the sixth meeting of heads of United Nations Human Rights Offices in West Africa in Dakar, Senegal, from 16 to 17 March 2011. The meeting will review…

KABUL - Ordinary Afghans continue to bear the brunt of the ongoing conflict in the country, says a United Nations report released today that points to a 15 per cent rise in the death toll last year and urges greater efforts…

KABUL - Parties to the armed conflict in Afghanistan should escalate their efforts to protect Afghan civilians in 2011, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights…

NEW YORK - On this day, I salute the women of the Middle East and North Africa, along with women all over the world who are taking great risks to stand up and fight for dignity, justice and human rights for themselves and for…

The participation of women and girls in today's Afghanistan is more crucial than ever in shaping the nation of tomorrow. KABUL - Women in Afghanistan are taking their places at all levels of society. All Afghans should be…

KABUL - Women’s achievements will not be sidelined during ongoing peace efforts, President Hamid Karzai today said as United Nations senior officials in Afghanistan marked International Women’s Day by advocating for the…