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KABUL - To underscore the United Nations Secretary-General’s call for a successful conclusion to Afghanistan’s presidential election process, the world body’s Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman…

10 September 2014 - UNIOGBIS' Gender Unit today, concluded the restitution of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 National Action Plan (NAP) that was discussed in a Nairobi symposium in July 2014.The purpose…

10 September 2014 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau (SRSG), Miguel Trovoada, visited on Tuesday the Bafatá Region of Guinea-Bissau. The trip of the Head of UNIOGBIS to the eastern…

NEW YORK - The Secretary-General urges Afghanistan’s two Presidential candidates, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, to conclude an agreement on a government of national unity in accordance with the…

Brussels - On 9 September, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, sat down with journalist Gebeyaw Nigussie Tessema from German broadcaster DW for an interview on a number of Somali…

Baidoa – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, today visited Baidoa to support Federal Government and local efforts to establish a new interim administration in south west Somalia…

7 September 2014 - The two-day sub-regional training on awareness, prevention and management of Ebola ended today in Bissau with participants fully equipped to care for potential patients.The Chief of Staff of the UN mission…

6 September 2014 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuiding Office in the country (UNIOGBIS) opened today in Bissau, a sub-regional…

Special Representative of the Secretary-General Karin Landgren continues her tour of Liberia’ s counties to assess the Ebola Viral Disease outbreak situation, with her latest port of call being the Bong County administrative…

KABUL - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today announced the launch of the bidding process for the design of Bamyan Museum and Cultural Centre, which will be used as a space for…