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The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, Ms. Ellen Margrethe Loj, on a visit to Bor alongside the UNMISS Police Commissioner Mr. Fredrick Yiga, UNMISS…
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Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on the first “Report of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by ISIL (Da’esh…
The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) has just brought relief to people in Gbouagleu, in the department of Zouan Hounien. A three-classroom building equipped with tables and benches has been offered to them by…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and Head of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), Mrs. Aïchatou Mindaoudou, on 3 February 2016, inaugurated two projects financed by…
Mr. Eide highlighted the recent joint visit by the Greek Cypriot negotiator, Andreas Mavroyiannis, and the Turkish Cypriot negotiator, Ozdil Nami, to Brussels, when they met EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, who…
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KABUL - To prevent and respond to child recruitment and use in the National Security Forces, and to improve age-verification mechanisms, the Government of Afghanistan officially launched age assessment guidelines at a high…
6 February 2016, Never before has it been more urgent – or more possible – to end the practice of female genital mutilation, preventing immeasurable human suffering and boosting the power of women and girls to have a positive…
Just as 2015 was a year of “global action” with the adoption of the ambitious 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, so 2016 must be a year of “global traction” to ensure that 3.1 billion people worldwide are not left…
(New York, 8 February 2016) I am gravely concerned by reports that over 30,000 civilians have been displaced from Aleppo city and other areas in northern Syria over the past week, by heavy clashes and aerial bombardment by…
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KANDAHAR - Civil society organizations and provincial anti-graft officials met at a UNAMA-backed event to form a new Anti-Corruption Group to tackle corruption in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar. Some three dozen…