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KABUL - As a United Nations team of experts wraps up its first visit to Afghanistan to map out future UN assistance for the 2014 Presidential elections today, the Afghan election body has said preparations for the polls are…

NEWYORK - Afghan journalists visited the United Nations Headquarters last week as part of the International Visitor Leadership Programme, a cultural exchange. A visit timed with the historic vote on Palestine and just days…

To celebrate World AIDS Day UNMIL HIV/AIDS Policy Adviser, Gameli Kofi Seadzi talks with Jojo Baysah, President of the Network of People Living with HIV in Liberia about Baysah’s new family and his courageous decision to…

30 November - The Second National Forum on Criminal Justice in Guinea-Bissau, organized by the Supreme Court of Justice with technical support from the UN Peace-building Support Office, UNIOGBIS, ended on Thursday 29 November…

30 November - The Second National Forum on Criminal Justice in Guinea-Bissau, organized by the Supreme Court of Justice with technical support from the UN Peace-building Support Office, UNIOGBIS, ended on Thursday 29 November…

KABUL - A senior United Nations official today called on the international community to step up its humanitarian support for Afghanistan to sustain the progress made so far in the country where thousands have suffered through…

NEWYORK - The United Nations General Assembly adopted a “consensus resolution” in New York yesterday reaffirming the continued long-term support of the international community for Afghanistan’s peace, reconciliation and…

The campaign of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence was launched at the SKD Gymnasium on 26 November 2012 under the theme ‘ From Peace in the Home to Peace in the Nation, Let justice prevail to end violence against…

During her recent visit to Liberia, UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Police Adviser Ann Marie Orler was quick to note a marked improvement in the professionalism of the Liberia National Police (LNP) since her last…

Watch Video of meeting in which civil society organizations' voices are heard as the High Level Panel holds a town hall meeting in Monrovia.