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KABUL - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is boosting its technical support to help rebuild Afghanistan’s dilapidated traditional irrigation systems, which have been neglected for decades owing to war…

KABUL - The United Nations envoy for children and armed conflict today called for universal ratification of a treaty protocol that outlaws the use of minors to fight wars and encourages States to set 18 years as the minimum…

10 February 2012 - The United Nations Peacebulding Fund (PBF) today officially granted $2,8m to Guinea-Bissau Government in support to the Defense and Security Sector Reform and Socio-economic, Reintegration especially the…

KABUL - A majority of workers in Afghanistan’s brick kilns are child bonded labourers under the age of 14, according to a new survey commissioned by the International Labour Organization (ILO). The ILO Representative for…

KABUL - The head of the United Nations entity mandated to promote gender equality today said that her priority this year is to enhance the economic empowerment and political participation of women and called for the support…

31 January 2012 - Guinea-Bissau has become the latest country to declare that it has cleared all known mined areas according to its obligations under the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, or Ottawa Convention. "Guinea…

The Special Representative was so honored, said a Citation to her, “in honor of the distinguished services you have so laudably and efficiently rendered to the people of Liberia through you mission.” Throughout her tenure…

KABUL - The Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) in Afghanistan has called for US$437 million for humanitarian preparedness and response in the country. A launch event held today in Kabul was officiated by the Humanitarian…

Liberia’s justice sector has received a much needed boost with the ground-breaking ceremony for a new prison facility in Cheesemanburg, Montserrado County, to replace the overcrowded Monrovia Central Prison. Vice-President…

BAMYAN - A Bamyan advocacy group is calling on the United Nations to support the creation of an action plan in Afghanistan to implement Security Council Resolution 1325 which draws attention to the inordinate impact of war on…