Beirut, Lebanon Thursday, 16 July 2015 On her return from Security Council consultations in New York, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag discussed the latest developments in the country and the…
15 July 2015 - UNIOGBIS through its Rule of Law and Security Institutions (ROLSI), Police Reform Section, concluded today in Bissau, a four-week training for instructors of the presidential security team. The course covered…
4 July 2015 - The United Nations have commemorated the 4th July as the International Day of Cooperatives. According to the UN, the cooperative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their economic…
Beirut, Lebanon Wednesday, 15 July 2015 Today, the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon met with Lebanon’s Minister of Finance, Ali Hassan Khalil. They discussed Lebanon’s economic, financial and political stability. The…
HERAT - The government should establish a special court to deal with cases of violence against women, especially cases of domestic violence, civil society representatives and women’s rights activists recommended at the…
KABUL - On behalf of the United Nations in Afghanistan, I wish all Afghans Eid Mubarak. As Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr after a month of fasting and worship, I hope that families around Afghanistan will be…
15 July 2015 - Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council, Excellencies, 1. Since my last briefing to the Council, the situation in Libya continued to deteriorate amidst significant political fragmentation and…
The Special Envoy, Mr. Said Djinnit and the Executive Secretary of ICGLR, Prof. Ntumba Luaba were granted audience by President Joseph Kabila. On the Agenda were the situation in the region and in DRC as well as the Private…
NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned, in the strongest terms, the recent attacks in Afghanistan that killed and injured more than 100 civilians, including women and children. The attacks in Khost…
KABUL - Calling for the views of Afghans and the principles of human rights to be central to any peace negotiations, civil society leaders have outlined their concerns and objectives in Kabul. At today’s event, the activists…
NANGARHAR - Improving the ability of women victims of violence to seek formal recourse to justice was the focus of a UN-backed TV debate in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar. In the televised discussion, which will…
KABUL - In the first of a series of three meetings to examine the role of United Nations entities in Afghanistan, senior Government and UN officials, along with representatives from the international donor community, met in…