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18 May 2015 - As part of activities to commemorate International Peacekeepers’ Day this year, UNMISS today kicked off an essay-writing competition among students in Juba. Some 25 students were selected from Dr. John Garang…
18 May 2015 - UNMISS today handed over a two-classroom building to the Ikotos Primary School in Eastern Equatoria State. The building, which also houses a teacher’s room, was constructed with a $25,000 grant from UNMISS’…
The Human Rights Division of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), representing the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the National Human Rights Commission of Côte d'Ivoire…
El Fasher, 19 May 2015 -The revised UNAMID Protection of Civilians Strategy and the draft framework for ISF implementation, monitoring and reporting mechanism were among the main issues discussed at a coordination meeting…
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Addis Ababa - Excellency, Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Peace and Security Council on Somalia. I am glad to be doing so with my friend and colleague, Ambassador Maman Sidikou. Tomorrow we will be briefing the UN…
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Aïchatou Mindaoudou, on 14 May 2015, presided over the closing ceremony of a series of intercommunity dialogue initiated by the Civil…
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KABUL - To discuss the critical role of midwives in a country where one in every 50 women dies from pregnancy-related causes, the United Nations and its partners in Afghanistan today marked the International Day of the…
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou, on Friday, 15 May 2015, attended the signing of the Charter of the National Coalition for Change (NCC) in Abidjan…
Internally displaced women and women organizations in Twic State (formerly Twic County, Warrap) said an inclusive anti gender based violence campaign is needed to address the ever increasing plight of women in the state. The…
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BAMYAN - A honey beekeeping project supported by the UN is giving new hope to poor returnee families in Afghanistan’s central highlands provinces of Bamyan and Daikundi. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) recently…