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KABUL - Press conference in Kabul by UN Agencies UNFPA and UNEP and Afghanistan's National Environment Protection Agency. ARIE HOEKMAN, COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE FOR UNFPA (UN POPULATION FUND) On 19 November 2009 the 2009 State…
Abéché -- The United Nations Volunteers of MINURCAT celebrated on 5 December 2009 their International Day in Abéché on the theme, "Volunteering for our Planet". Prominent among the participants were the highest local…
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Dili, 5 December 2009- Today the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Timor-Leste (SRSG) Atul Khare and Deputy Prime Minister José Luis Guterres presided over the ceremony marking the…
Arriving in five buses at the desert village of Wawisi, 50 kilometres north of Khartoum, 150 volunteers set out with the local community to plant 1,000 trees in commemoration of International Volunteer Day on 5 December. "We…
PRESS RELEASE Three UNAMID Peacekeepers Killed and Two Seriously Injured in North Darfur El Fasher, 05 December 2009 - At about 1645 hrs on Friday 4 Dec 09, a UNAMID platoon of 20 Rwandan Peacekeepers on board three Land…
4 December 2009 -- On 4 December at approximately 4:15 p.m. local time, a military convoy of the UN-African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) escorting a water tanker, was ambushed by unidentified armed assailants at…
4 December 2009 – Two Rwandan peacekeepers from the joint African Union-United Nations mission in Darfur (UNAMID) were killed and others wounded today in an attack by unidentified gunmen while collecting water at the north of…
4 December 2009 - A new plan to double the number of places at Afghanistan’s universities has been launched in Kabul. The plan aims to build a high quality, internationally recognized and well-managed public and private…
3 December 2009 - Download UNAMA's review of the week in stories and photos. UNAMA NEWS - UNAMA PHOTOS
Replacing outgoing UNMIS Ed Damazin Sector Commander Col. Zawar Hussain, Col. Muhammad Muzahir of the Pakistani Army arrived in Sudan on 23 November. Attending a ceremony in Ed Damazin bidding farewell to Col Hussain, Col…
INFORMATION NOTE UNAMID Strongly Rejects Accusations in a Sudan Tribune Report against its Peacekeepers El Fasher, 01 December 2009 : According to a Sudan Tribune (ST) news report published on 29 November 2009, “seven…
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KABUL - Violence targeting women and girls is widespread and deeply rooted in Afghan society, a report by the Human Rights branch of the UN Mission to Afghanistan recently revealed.