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In late January, four distinguished women, all of them Nobel Peace Laureates, converged in the Liberian capital of Monrovia. UN FOCUS caught up with Shirin Ebadi of Iran, one of the laureates, who is visiting Liberia for the…
4 April 2013, United Nations News Centre – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today reiterated the importance of eliminating the threat of mines and explosive remnants of war as a crucial endeavour that advances peace, enables…
Mine Action Support Group Statement INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR MINE AWARENESS AND ASSISTANCE IN MINE ACTION 4 April, 2013 - The Mine Action Support Group (MASG) is an informal grouping of 30 donor countries that have a shared…
United Nations Mine Action Coordination Centre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - PRESS RELEASE Democratic Republic of the Congo, 4 April, 2013 - On 8 December 2005, the General Assembly of the United Nations declared…
Khartoum, April 3, 2013: Harum Ali used to dream of becoming an engineer, but changed his mind after he was hospitalised with severe injuries following a horrific mine explosion.Suleiman Fatul Saim (10 years old), from Dar Al…
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The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today observed the International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. A ceremony, organized by the United Nations Mine Action Support Team (UNMAST), was…
TRIPOLI, 4 April 2013 – The Ministry of Education, The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and international and local…
South Sudanese government representatives as well as national and international mine action partners rolling up their pants' legs in Juba during the 2013 "Lend Your Leg" campaign to demonstrate solidarity with landmine…
KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns an attack against a Government compound in the south-western province of Farah on 3 April that resulted in the deaths of at least 41…
4 April 2013 - Conflicting communities in Jonglei State were using children as weapons of war and triggering further violence, an UNMISS official said today in the state capital Bor. "(When) cattle raiders fail to get cattle…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV) 01
Goma, 23 March 2013 – As part of the joint project on Sexual Assault Prevention and Response in the Nord and Sud Kivu provinces faced with countless cases of human rights violations, mainly sexual violence, the Joint Human…
Kisangani, 23 March 2013 – The Gender section of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) organized on 14 March an awareness session on the promotion of women's…