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KABUL - Theatre performances, exhibitions of artwork and speeches highlighting education for women and girls and their participation in the government and public spheres marked International Women’s Day (8 March) this week in…

Special Representative of the Secretary-General Karin Landgren and Director of Mission Support Hubert Price held two town halls in late February with UNMIL staff to discuss the mission’s budget, mandate and related issues.“I…

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the coordinated attacks against a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) camp in Kidal, Mali, on 8 March 2015…

KABUL - Afghan parliament reconvened Saturday in Kabul to address, in the weeks ahead, a range of important issues, such as the approval of the government’s composition. Speaking to lawmakers and invited guests, including UN…

The Secretary-General strongly condemns the deadly attack that took place earlier today in Bamako in which five persons were killed and seven injured, including two international experts working for the United Nations. He…

The Secretary-General strongly condemns the deadly attack that took place earlier today in Bamako in which five persons were killed and seven injured, including two international experts working for the United Nations. He…

6 March 2015 - The Special Representative of the UN SG for Guinea-Bissau (SRSG), Miguel Trovoada, believes that the country will have the support of international partners at the donor conference scheduled for 25 March in…

KUNDUZ - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) this week distributed copies of the Afghan Constitution and dozens of books on Afghan law to judicial officials of the Imam Saheb district in the north…

KABUL - Afghan students graphically depicted violence against women, including the negative physical, psychological and social effects, in a week-long drawing competition that culminated in a February awards ceremony attended…

PARWAN - Scheduled to be completed in 2015, Afghanistan’s first soymilk factory is under construction in Parwan province, north of Kabul. When finished, the factory, backed by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and…