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Under the auspices of the Female Officers Support Network (FOSN), UNPOL and the Corrections Advisory Unit (CAU) in collaboration with the UNMIL Office of the Gender Advisor organized a conference at UNMIL headquarters early…

KABUL - UNAMA released a report today titled “The Stolen Lands of Afghanistan and its People: The State Land Distribution System.” The report, the second in a series of three, was prepared by the mission’s Rule of Law…

Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, welcomed firm commitments made by Somalia’s Federal and regional leaders to meet key Vision 2016 deadlines to complete…

NEW YORK - Speaking on the day the mission’s mandate was renewed for another 12 months, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Nicholas Haysom , briefed the Security Council today on…

In early January, the base of the Chinese Transport Company at Starbase was a colourful spectacle of brand-new vehicles and equipment freshly arrived from China. On hand to celebrate the occasion were Hubert Price, Director…

KUNAR - More than 30 women’s rights activists from Kunar province received training on Afghan laws relating to violence against women, as well as judicial procedures and mechanisms in order to help victims of violence get…

13 March 2015 - The handover ceremony of five volumes of the Model Police Manual, out of 10, in a total of 1.500 copies today took place at the headquarters of the Public Order Police (POP), in Bissau, with the support of…

KANDAHAR - Juveniles in a detention facility in Kandahar were provided with books and stationary items earlier this week, as one part of the multi-faceted support provided by the United Nations Assistance Mission in…

10 March 2015 – The International Women’s Day has been celebrated on March 8th at National Heroes Square, in Bissau, with a march attended by the representatives of the President of the Republic and the UN Secretary-General…

NEW YORK - The latest quarterly report by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the situation in Afghanistan and the activities of the United Nations in the country was released today and is available here. >The UN…