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KABUL - Increased ground engagements between parties to the armed conflict in Afghanistan are behind a 22 per cent rise in conflict-related deaths and injuries of Afghan civilians in 2014, the United Nations Assistance…

KABUL - Afghan civil society gained momentum on Tuesday with the formation of a national, independent organization designed to promote high standards among civil society institutions through a comprehensive certification…

JALALABAD - The number of Afghan police women in the eastern province of Nangarhar has grown, due in part to a new initiative supported by the Ministry of Interior and the United Nations. As one aspect of the new programme…

Monrovia, 13 February 2015 Special Representative of the Secretary-General Karin Landgren delivered the following remarks at a meeting with Liberia’s media managers on 13 February. 2014 was a tough year for Liberia: Ebola…

11 February 2015 - Women's organizations of Bissau-Guinean civil society today handed over to the Head of State, José Mario Vaz, the Declaration of Canchungo at a ceremony attended by the UN family led by the Deputy Special…

TASHKENT - Nicholas Haysom, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, met on Monday in Tashkent with Abdulazis Komilov, the Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan.During his two-day visit to the Central Asian…

KABUL - To promote reproductive health, youth empowerment, gender equality and the access to and use of accurate data in the country, the Government of Afghanistan and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) signed a new…

5 February 2015 – Despite the efforts of Guinea-Bissau authorities, the situation remains fragile and the country still needs the support of the international community, the Special Representative of the UN SG (SRSG) in the…

29 January 2015 -The Working Group of the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) examined Guinea-Bissau’s Human Rights situation on 23 January at Palais des Nations in Geneva, together with other member…

KUNDUZ - Afghan students graphically depicted violence against women, including the negative physical, psychological and social effects, in a weeklong drawing competition that culminated in an awards ceremony attended by…