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Farid was walking with his father to the market when the explosion hit. “First it felt like an earthquake, and then came the loud sound of the blast,” he said. I held my ears because of the noise. A wall from the military…
Mr. President, Excellencies, Thank you for the invitation to join Stephen O’Brien and Ivan Simonovic at this meeting. I will obviously defer to both Stephen and to Ivan on the subjects of their own competence and professional…
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NEW YORK - Progress on the economy and improving security is imperative so that Afghans have confidence in their government, said Nicholas Haysom, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, in a…
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Exchanges between an UNOCI delegation and a group of local women during the United Nations Days in Bocanda (February 2010)
UNMISS sensitizes chiefs in Rumbek East to uphold and promote human rights
The UNMISS Human Rights Division alongside other substantive sections engaged 35 traditional leaders on their role to respect, uphold, and promote human rights in the community. While there, the County Executive Director Mr…
On Sunday 19th June 2016, the 2nd Annual Bi-communal Football tournament took place in the Futsal Stadium on 3rd Avenue in Pyla Village. The event, organised by local Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot football clubs with…
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HERAT - The need for more Afghan women to work in government positions was the key message from those speaking at a UN-backed event in Herat city, the capital of Afghanistan’s third largest province. “Women’s participation in…
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Durant le mois de mai 2016, le BCNUDH a documenté 384 violations des droits de l’homme sur le territoire de la RDC, ce qui représente une hausse par rapport au mois d’avril 2016 au cours duquel 366 violations avaient été…
Tunis, 20 June 2016 – German Ambassador Christian Much and UNICEF Special Representative for Libya Ghassan Khalil signed today an agreement for a contribution to assist strengthening the Expanded Programme on Immunization…
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Children of the village of Diahouin, near Blolequin want peace. They made it clear to a visiting UN delegation following the post-electoral crisis (Diahouin, June 2011)
KABUL, 20 June 2016 – The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) expresses grave concern about today’s series of attacks in civilian populated areas that killed and maimed civilians across Afghanistan. UNAMA condemns in…
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World Refugee Day 2016 On June 20 each year, the world commemorates the strength, courage, and resilience of millions of refugees. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, believes now is the time to show world leaders that the global…