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KABUL - Afghan authorities registered more reports of violence against women under the law on the Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW law) over the past year, but prosecutions and convictions under the law remained…

29 November 2013 - The first phase of the training of judges, prosecutors and lawyers on Human Rights in the administration of Justice in Guinea-Bissau was closed today following a week of work that started on 22 November in…

06 December 2013 - On the passing away of Nelson Mandela, Nobel Peace prize laureate and former President of the Republic of South Africa, the SRSG, José Ramos-Horta, pays him a special tribute in this message of condolences…

5 December 2013 - The chairman of the National Defense Institute (IDN, Portuguese acronym ) of Guinea-Bissau, Lieutenant Colonel Terence Mendes, today called on the ethics of journalists during the electoral process at the…

KABUL - While challenges remain, Afghanistan is making progress in its political and security transitions, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ján Kubiš, told a North Atlantic Treaty…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today donated 12 vehicles to Afghanistan’s electoral bodies – the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and Independent Electoral Complaints Commission…

BADAKHSHAN - United Nations-supported local agricultural projects that encourage women to engage in collective farming are changing the lives of hundreds of women in the north-eastern Afghan province of Badakhshan, according…

KABUL - United Nations agencies today joined Afghan health authorities at a ceremony in the capital, Kabul, to highlight the issue of HIV/AIDS and measures to control its infection rate in Afghanistan, where open discussion…

28 November 2013 - UNIOGBIS Chief Political Affairs Section (PAS), Martinho Chachiua, today called on the "commitment" of participants from civil society, political parties and the media, who attended a specialized training…

NEW YORK - The United Nations General Assembly adopted unanimously a resolution this week to create an international observance day to highlight the need for the protection of journalists around the world.“(The General…