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Since 2004, Philippine peacekeepers of UNMIL have been offering services and initiating programmes for the benefit of the host population in addition to their tasks of providing security to the mission’s top leadership…

For many of the 350 elementary and junior high students at the Darussalam International Islamic Mission of Liberia, 6 June turned out to be their first opportunity to meet a doctor. That was the day the Jordanian Medical…

15 July 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, on Monday, 15 July 2013, met with the Transitional President, Serifo Nhamadjo to share with him preliminary…

KABUL - Bob Saum is the World Bank’s Country Director in Afghanistan. He has been on the ground for a little more than a year and is “looking forward to several more years here.” He has previous experience in the region…

It takes some 40 minutes of driving through a dirt road to reach the small town of Janzon from Zwedru. It is a route that attracts little automobile traffic, thus compounding matters for sick people travelling to the County…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) reiterates its strong support for holding the Presidential and Provincial Council elections on time, on 5 April 2014, and in accordance with the Afghan…

KABUL - With less than nine months before Afghanistan is slated to hold a poll to select its new president, the country’s election commission is working in full swing to lay the groundwork for the election, which United…

Garowe – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, arrived in Garowe, Puntland this morning for his first visit to the region since he assumed his duties as head of…

NEW YORK - Hundreds of students from around the world are gathering at United Nations Headquarters in New York today to take part in a youth assembly, dedicated to issuing a global call for quality education for all. Among…

KABUL - The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, has drawn global attention to the issue of adolescent pregnancy, which is the focus of this year’s World Population Day. “When we devote attention and resources to…