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LAGHMAN - Women leaders in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Laghman encouraged girls attending a conference on women’s issues to focus on their education so they can play a more powerful role in Afghan society. Zifunoon…

Mr. President, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Council on Boko Haram. As Council members are aware, over the last few years...

The Secretary-General has expressed his concern at the report of an apparent assassination attempt on Sundayagainst Annonciate Haberisoni, wife of Burundian opposition leader Agathon Rwasa, as Burundi prepares for general…

Kuwait, 31 March 2015 Your Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Amir of Kuwait, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Distinguished Ministers, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It’s a great…

29 March 2015 - The UN Electoral Support Team, comprising resources from the UN Support Mission in Libya and the UN Development Programme, gathered sixteen electoral staff from Jordan, Libya and Tunisia in Tunis between 29…

26 March 2015 - UNIOGBIS today supported the Ministry of Justice to organize and hold a one-day workshop on the recommendations made by the Universal Periodic Review (UPR).In January 2015 Guinea-Bissau went through the second…

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia’s (UNSOM) office in Garowe delivered a 20 KVA generator donated by the Somali Police Force (SPF) to Puntland’s Police Force today in the presence of the Puntland Minister of…

United Nations Secretary-General on Friday urged the President of Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza "to carefully consider the potential consequences, for the country and his legacy, of his decisions in the run-up to the presidential…

Sharm el-Sheikh –The Secretary-General met today with Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, on the margins of the summit of the League of Arab States.The Secretary-General expressed…

Sharm el-Sheikh - The Secretary-General met today with Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, on the margins of the summit of the League of Arab States.The Secretary-General expressed…

New York –The members of the Security Council strongly condemn the attack on 27 March on the Maka al-Mukarama hotel in Mogadishu, perpetrated by Al-Shabaab, which has caused the death and injury of many innocent Somalis…

New York - The members of the Security Council strongly condemn the attack on 27 March on the Maka al-Mukarama hotel in Mogadishu, perpetrated by Al-Shabaab, which has caused the death and injury of many innocent Somalis…