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Nepal FPU-1 organized a free medical outreach and cleanliness exercise at Ducor Hotel Rock Hill community on 14th June as part of the Contingent’s effort to reach out to the public. Approximately 190 people benefited from the…

KABUL - A senior official from the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Nicholas Haysom, met today with an Afghan parliamentarian, Baktash Siawash, to receive a petition protesting the firing of rockets…

Doctors at PakMed Level II Hospital in Monrovia on 22 July 2014 organized a workshop on Ebola management as part of UNMIL’s stepped up campaign against the spread of the virus in Liberia. UNMIL Radio and UNMIL Outreach units…

UNPOL Public Information Team facilitated a week-long Press and Public Relations course at IMTC which was attended by 13 officers from the Liberia National Police (LNP) and 3 officers from the Bureau of Immigration and…

KABUL - UNAMA released a report today entitled “ The Stolen Lands of Afghanistan and its People, Part 1: The Legal Framework”.The document, prepared by the mission’s Rule of Law Unit, provides an analysis of the land…

21 August 2014 - Miguel Trovoada arrived early this Thursday in Bissau to assume his duties as Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau (SRSG) and Head of UNIOGBIS, the United Nations Integrated…

Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, today met with the United Nations Guard Unit and thanked them for their tireless work in protecting UN staff and installations in…

KABUL - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has signed an agreement with Afghan Cricket Board (ACB) to empower youth in Afghanistan and to provide basic life skills training for young male and female cricket players…

Zwedru, capital of Grand Gedeh County, ranks among Liberia’s biggest towns. Economic activity in this southeastern metropolis has been on the increase in recent years and, parallel to this has been an increase in the amount…

KABUL - An Afghan journalist safety group said today it documented a 60 per cent increase in the cases of violence against journalists during the first six months of this year. “If we compare with the first six months of 2013…