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December 17, 2011_The Security Council today set up a "significantly scaled-down" United Nations operation in Burundi to help the Central African country as it embarks on the latest stage of its recovery from decades of civil…

February 07, 2011_Six months after a string of landslide electoral victories by the ruling Conseil National pour la Défense de la Démocratie et Forces de Défense de la Démocratie (CNDD-FDD), Burundi is descending ever deeper…

21 December 2010 -- "The Secretary-General notes with deep concern clashes between the Sudan Liberation Army/Minni Minawi (SLA/MM) and Government of Sudan Forces in areas of South and North Darfur," according to a statement…

On 19 December 2010, MINURSO carried out a CASEVAC (Causalities Evacuation) in response to an emergency request. A pregnant woman experiencing severe problems was airlifted from Mehaires (Western Sahara) to Tindouf (Algeria).

SRSG Hany Abdel-Aziz with HIV/AIDS Focal Point , Amel El Bech during World AIDS Day festivities

Dili, 15 December 2010 (IRIN) - As the number of reported sexual crimes in Timor Leste increases, survivors - mostly women and girls - must wait up to one year as their cases wind through a struggling court system. In a…

At the Mission HQ there was a ceremony of the Transfer of Responsibility between the Malaysian Medical Unit (MMU, outgoing) and the Bangladeshi Medical Unit

On 22 November, at Mission HQ and in the presence of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara and Head of Mission Hany Abdel-Aziz, the Force Commander Maj. Gen. Jiming Zhao and MINURSO leadership…

4 December 2010 -- In a ceremony held on Saturday, 4 December at Bangkok's military airport, Thailand sent off a battalion consisting of 812 personnel to the African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID)…

4 December 2010 -- In a ceremony held on Saturday, 4 December at Bangkok's military airport, Thailand sent off a battalion consisting of 812 personnel to the African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID)…