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KABUL - As Afghans throng to polling centres across the country today to elect a successor to President Hamid Karzai and members of 34 Provincial Councils, the top United Nations official in the country has congratulated the…

KABUL - Ahead of the end to the official campaigning period tonight for candidates in Afghanistan's landmark Presidential and Provincial Council elections, the top United Nations official in the country today urged Afghans…

KABUL - An official from one of Afghanistan’s electoral bodies today reiterated his commitment to ensuring that legitimate votes would be separated from any fraudulent votes in last Saturday’s Presidential and Provincial…

It is not often that royalty descends on Liberia, but that is exactly what happened on Thursday, 20 March, when Jordan’s HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein and her entourage embarked on a one-day whirlwind tour of parts of…

4 April 2014 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, today issued a statement of condolences for the passing away of former President of the Republic of Guinea…

Opinion piece by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women NEW YORK - The significance of the elections in Afghanistan cannot be overestimated. They mark the first time in…

3 April 2014 - The members of the Security Council were briefed on 3 April 2014 by Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, on the situation in Guinea-Bissau. The members of the Security Council…

KABUL - As Afghans throng to polling centres across the country today to elect a successor to President Hamid Karzai and members of 34 Provincial Councils, the top United Nations official in the country has congratulated the…

KABUL - With just two days before Afghans head to the polls to elect a new President and Provincial Council members, the country’s top security officials said today that “foolproof security arrangements” have been put in…

NEW YORK - The Secretary-General is encouraged by the technical and security preparations and broad public engagement for Afghanistan's upcoming Presidential and Provincial Council elections. These are extremely important…