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Dili, 26 May 2011 - For Major Chizu Kurita, a 36-year-old Japanese military officer from Kyoto, Japan, visiting the people who live in remote rural communities near Baucau, Timor-Leste, is an experience she will never forget…

Bujumbura, May 20, 2011_The top United Nations official in Burundi today welcomed the selection of the members of the independent national human rights commission, saying they are an appropriate reflection of the small…

Bujumbura, May 18, 2011_Burundi is making commendable efforts to consolidate its post-conflict peacebuilding process, the United Nations top official in the central African country told the Security Council today, calling on…

MINURSO issues its third edition of Dynamism (April 2011)...

23 March 2011 – The Security Council can benefit from enhanced interaction with the United Nations body set up to help post-conflict countries avoid slipping back into war, the head of the Peacebuilding Commission said today…

Bangkok , 12 April 2011 (IRIN) - Timor-Leste is on course to take on full security responsibilities after national forces officially assumed policing at end-March, according to the UN. The situation is now stable, Gyorgy…

Marking the occasion, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara and Head of MINURSO, Hany Abdelaziz, read out the message of United Nations Secretary-General on the International Day for Mine…

Today, in light of the recent tragic events, all UN personnel (military, police, civilians, UNVs) present in Laayoune gathered together in MINURSO HQ, for a wreath laying ceremony. The ceremony, chaired by the Special…

Mine Action in the true sense of the word came to being in 2008 when a Senior Technical Advisor (STA) was deployed to Western Sahara and a Mine Action Coordination Centre (MACC) was set up as part of the Office of the Special…

4 April marked an important moment in the life of MINURSO...there was ... farewell ceremony for the FC. Jingmin Zhao (China)...