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KABUL - As Afghans prepare to mark the holy occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, UN envoy Tadamichi Yamamoto wishes all Afghans a peaceful and joyous celebration. “Eid-ul-Adha is a time of peace, which Afghans richly deserve,” said Mr…
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BAMYAN - An agreement to establish district-level civil society networks to promote improved transparency and accountability in local governance was the key outcome of a UN-backed workshop in central Bamyan’s Panjab district…
Kinshasa September 10, 2016 - Between 24 August and 1 September MONUSCO extracted some 291 individuals from the Garamba National Park on humanitarian grounds. Many of these individuals were wounded, acutely malnourished or in…
On 9 September 2016, the thirty-ninth meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) chaired by the United Nations was held with the participation of Georgian, Abkhaz, Russian and European Union Monitoring…
Betty July is a young entrepreneur engaged in a honey business in Yei. Her story is one of endurance and beating the odds to not only put food on the table, but also prove that a woman is capable of running a business…
The former Minister for Education, John Gai says reading and writing should be used as a constructive and healthy form of expression. John Gai Yoh, now Presidential advisor on Education is using his office to promote literacy…
Tree plantation Campaign launched in Aweil today PROGRAMMES DEPARTMENT TOPIC: Tree plantation Campaign launched in Aweil today DATE: August 18, 2016 PRODUCER: DENG mou Language: English PRESENTERS: all presenters in the shows…
UNMISS Force Protection, Civil Affairs and a representative of the Communications and Public Information Section on 9 September conducted a workshop in Jubek State’s Mangalla Country. The objective was to assess the…
09 September 2016 - Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Martin Kobler strongly welcomes the decision of the Presidency Council to establish a Women’s Support and Empowerment Unit, in accordance with…
Secretary-General's message on International Literacy Day. This year, the world has embarked on implementing the ambitious and transformational 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. With its 17 universal, integrated and…
SdeM: Good afternoon. Let me warmly welcome Stephen O’Brien, who is very well known to all of you, as you know he is the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and is our UN Emergency Relief Coordinator and is in…
A Nigerien captain, Aichatou Ousmane Issaka, who served with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali ( MINUSMA), received the UN Award for Gender Advocate of the Year. "Captain Issaka has…