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3 November 2011 - While Guinea-Bissau has made important progress recently, including in police reform, it is vital that it press ahead with other challenges such as the launch of a pension fund for ex-military and security…

3 November 2011 - Security Council examines today the Secretary-General report on developments in Guinea-Bissau and on the activities of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in that country. UNIOGBIS mandate…

KANDAHAR - The “If I can do it, you can do it too” campaign run by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) launched role model speak series in the Southern Region where hundreds of schools girls and women…

2 November 2011 - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today launched its Human Development Report 2011 entitled Sustainability and Equality: A Better Future for All. Click here to read more about the report. The…

27 October 2011 - Against the backdrop of West Africa as one of the major gateways for cocaine moving from South America into Europe, UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov today arrived in Guinea-Bissau, accompanied by the…

KABUL - H.E. the Minister of Counter Narcotics of Afghanistan, Zarar Ahmad Moqbel Osmani and the Country Office Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Afghanistan, Mr. Jean-Luc Lemahieu, visited…

28 October 2011 - The number of Afghan refugees returning home has dropped substantially this year, with some 60,000 repatriating in the first 10 months compared to more than 100,000 over the same period in 2010, the United…

KUNDUZ - The first private radio station established by women in the northeastern region today started broadcasting a six-part United Nations radio series, Toward the Better Future. The head of the Kunduz Culture and…

KABUL - A major United Nations report has set out the challenges facing humanity a few days before the world's population is expected to reach seven billion. Full report - Press summary ENG - Press Summary_Dari - Press…

26 October 2011 - The Executive Director of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) , Under Secretary General Yury Fedotov accompanied by Mr. Said Djinit, the Special Representative of the Secretary General for West…