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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)...

Dili, 1 April 2011 - Timor-Leste has begun a new chapter in the country's history, as the national police force assumed primary responsibility for law and order at the end of March. This follows five years in which the United…

Dili, 24 March 2011 - Leprosy, a chronic disease once endemic in South East Asia, has been largely eliminated from Timor-Leste. The disease has caused the disfigurement of millions of people mainly in the developing world…