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KABUL - The women’s committee of the High Peace Council (HPC), an Afghan body leading the country’s peace efforts, today submitted a petition – containing the signatures of more than 250,000 Afghan women and girls calling for…

KABUL - An independent monitoring body for the implementation of United Nations drug control conventions has urged Afghanistan – the world’s largest producer of opium – to translate into “concrete action and results” its…

KABUL - While welcoming the first report of the Government of Afghanistan on the implementation of a landmark law that seeks to stem violence against women, a senior human rights official with the United Nations Assistance…

28 February 2014 – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Magdalena Sepúlveda, today called on the political and military authorities of Guinea-Bissau “to address the critical needs of the…

26 February 2014 - The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Raimonda Murmokaitė ( Lithuania). On 26 February 2014, the members of the Security Council were briefed by the Special…

25 February 2014 - The first course in Portuguese for foreigners and embassies in Guinea-Bissau was inaugurated by the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG), José Ramos-Horta, at Brazilian Cultural Center…

25 February 2014 - A seminar on the implementation mechanisms of international and national legal instruments to promote human rights , for the Public Order Police ( POP ) , Judicial Police ( PJ ) , prosecutors and judicial…

27 February 2014 - A cycle of conferences entitled "Role of the Armed forces in a Democracy” and “Role of the Armed forces in Socio-Economic Development of the Country" was held in Bissau, by the National Defense Institute…

24 February 2014 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau held a working visit to Quinará, southern Guinea-Bissau, where he was warmly welcomed by local authorities and thousands of people in…

BRUSSELS - Below is the briefing by the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative and the head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Ján Kubiš, to the "Meeting of the North Atlantic Council with…