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KABUL - The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, today briefed the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan. Lyons highlighted current major trends adversely impacting the country…

Mogadishu-The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Adam Abdelmoula, opened a youth conference on the future of youth political participation held on 16…

Like many other basic rights, access to health care has long been compromised by ongoing conflict in parts of the Central African Republic (CAR). Reason for the MINUSCA Pakistani contingent (PAKBATT) in Kaga-Bandoro, central…

Good Afternoon, Mr. President and members of the press. President Ahmed Abdi Kariye and your team, I wish to thank you for the warm reception extended to us today. I am undertaking today’s visit to Dhusamareb together with…

The citizens of the Central African Republic (CAR) have endured decades of war and conflict. Merveille Yayoro, a young reporter at Guira-FM, the radio station run by the UN peacekeeping mission in the country (MINUSCA), says…

MARIA KABATANYA To mark Menstrual Health Week (6-12 June 2021), the Female Engagement Team of the MINUSCA Zambian contingent (ZAMBATT) and the Mission’s gender unit came together to champion girls’ reproductive health rights…

The Zambian contingent (ZAMBATT VI) deployed to Birao in the north of the Central African Republic has handed over a furnished house to the previously homeless Tongoushi family – providing them with not only much-needed…

Good Afternoon, Mr. President, representatives of the media. Thank you, President Said Abdullahi Deni and your team, for the warm welcome that you have extended to us today. I am here with the Special Representative of the…

MAZAR-E-SHARIF/KUNDUZ – As part of the UN’s longstanding work to support media freedom and open society, a series of events promoting Access to Information are being conducted in northern Afghanistan with leading Afghan human…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh ANNADIF, condemns the despicable terrorist attack perpetrated on Friday night…