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« Development and peace are the two faces of the same coin », the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon recently declared. This principle serves as a guide to the United Nations actions all over the world and it is…
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KABUL - A gathering of religious scholars from 24 Islamic countries in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Tuesday, urged the country’s main armed opposition group, the Taliban, to stop killing innocent people in the name of jihad…
KABUL- In a remote, rugged province in eastern Afghanistan, the raging waters from the surrounding mountains have often flooded the 8,000 homes that line the local river’s path. The river regularly ravaged the only means of…
UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) Director Agnes Marcaillou cutting a ribbon to inaugurate an armoury in Juba on 19 September. UNMAS, in partnership with the Mines Advisory Group, refurbished the armoury at the Central Equatoria…
Tripoli, 25 September 2013- The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomed the adoption by the General National Congress of the long-awaited law on Transitional Justice at its session held on Sunday 22…
On its 31st anniversary - the theme of the United Nations International Day of Peace is "Education for Peace". Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber, Special Representative of the Secretary General for Western Sahara and Head of MINURSO…
Kinshasa, 25 September 2013: The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) strongly condemns the attacks on schools and hospitals committed by parties to the conflict…
Doha, 25 September 2013 – The African Union and United Nations Joint Special Representative (JSR) and Joint Chief Mediator (JCM) for Darfur, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, attended the sixth meeting of the Doha Document for Peace in…
Women have always had a strong presence in activities organised by the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) to promote peace in the Zanzan region in the east of the country. Determined not to play a secondary…
The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), on Saturday, 21 September 2013, officially handed over the keys to a health centre for voluntary HIV/AIDS testing to the general hospital in Taabo, situated 110 km from…
On 23 September, hundreds of people converged on the Al Zubair Stadium in El Fasher, North Darfur, to participate in the launch of the "We Need Peace Now" campaign, organized by the African Union-United Nations Mission in…
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KABUL - Afghanistan’s first ever social media summit – known as ‘Paiwand’ – concluded in the capital, Kabul, on Monday, after two days of discussions on the importance of productive and positive use of social media for the…