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7 April 2011 - The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and United Nations Resident Coordinator in Guinea-Bissau, Gana Fofang, today hailed the Government of Guinea-Bissau for its debate on international aid…

KABUL - A week-long exhibit on living with landmines and the many faces of Mine Action by photographer Marco Grob today opens at Bagh-e-Babur Garden in Kabul to mark the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in…

KABUL - The Afghan Ministry of Public Health and the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) are warning that urgent action is needed to curb excessive use of antibiotics and other antimicrobials or the world risks…

KABUL - On 28 October 2009, attackers stormed the Bakhtar guest house in Kabul killing five United Nations staff as part of a plan to disrupt the presidential election runoff. We remember: Jossie Esto, UNDP electoral…

1 April 2011 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Guinea-Bissau, Joseph Mutaboba, this week travelled to Brasilia and Lisbon as part of the organization efforts to mobilize international community for…

KABUL - On World TB Day, health officials in Afghanistan are calling the disease one of the country’s greatest public health threats. Afghanistan ranks among the 22 high-burden TB countries in the world. More than 50,000…

22 March 2011 - The Special-Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNIOGBIS, Joseph Mutaboba, today met with the Angolan Secretary of State for External Relations, Manuel Augusto. The discussions focused the…

KABUL - Afghans across the country today marked the start of Persian Year 1390 and the first day of spring by visiting relatives, eating traditional foods and enjoying cultural events on what is the beginning of the solar…

15 March 2011 - The United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA) will host the sixth meeting of heads of United Nations Human Rights Offices in West Africa in Dakar, Senegal, from 16 to 17 March 2011. The meeting will review…

KABUL - Ordinary Afghans continue to bear the brunt of the ongoing conflict in the country, says a United Nations report released today that points to a 15 per cent rise in the death toll last year and urges greater efforts…