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In the rural heartland of Peja/Peć, a multi-community project in seven farming villages has found fertile ground to pull together. In a wide green field, the type that has long been the lifeblood of the region, farmer Dardan…
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin, welcomed the new MSU Carabinieri Regiment Commander, Colonel Marco Di Stefano, to UNMIK Headquarters in Pristina. Col Di Stefano and SRSG…
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin, welcomed the new MSU Carabinieri Regiment Commander, Colonel Marco Di Stefano, to UNMIK Headquarters in Pristina. Col Di Stefano and SRSG…
In 2006, under Security Council Resolution 1701, UNIFIL witnessed a substantial increase in its troops and responsibilities across its area of operations between the Litani River and the Blue Line. Monitoring the cessation of…
Women and their children looking for valuables in a trash dump in Kinshasa. Photo Radio Okapi /John Bompengo GENEVA (16 October 2017) – The world’s poor are at disproportionate risk of torture, arrest, early death and…
- Human Rights
GENEVA (16 October 2017) – The world’s poor are at disproportionate risk of torture, arrest, early death and domestic violence, but their civil and political rights are being airbrushed out of the picture, UN Special…
Photo by Amin Ismail, UNAMID. On 12 October 2017, UNAMID Human Rights Section, in collaboration with the Office of the General Prosecutor for Darfur Crimes, concluded a two-day workshop on the role of transitional and…
- Feature Stories
Sahra Kooshin is a campaigner and advocate for women rights. She is also a well-known poet and author and currently works as the Deputy Executive Director and Programs Manager at the Somali Institute for Development and…
On 12 October 2017, UNAMID Human Rights Section, in collaboration with the Office of the General Prosecutor for Darfur Crimes, concluded a two-day workshop on the role of transitional and criminal justice in achieving peace…
- News stories
ZABUL - The crucial role of government in working closely with local residents to address conflict as it emerges, as well as to implement development projects in coordination with local communities, is critical for the…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today commended the first responders and residents of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, for mobilizing to aid in what is being called Somalia's worst-ever bomb attack. In a…
The United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide has strongly condemned provocation of ethnic and religious hatred armed groups and politicians in the Central African Republic and impressed the need for urgent…