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NEW YORK - This year’s commemoration of International Literacy Day under the theme “Literacy and Peace” offers an important reminder that the critical tasks of preventing violence, calming tensions and ending conflicts all…

This year, International Literacy Day places a special focus on the essential relationship between literacy and peace. Lasting peace is founded on respect for human rights and social justice. Literacy, the foundation of all…

Thousands of Afghan girls and women learning to read, write and add are contributing to their country’s peace efforts, as the world marks this year’s Literacy Day by focusing on the link between literacy and peace. Sabria, 18…

Hundreds of delegates from governments and civil society will gather at United Nations in New York tomorrow to discuss ways to improve the lives and well-being of people with disabilities by addressing some of the challenges…

BISHKEK, Kyrgyz republic

6 Sep 2011 - Progress has been made to enhance coordination between the African Union (AU) and the United Nations in order to successfully address the common challenges in the area of peace and security in Africa, the AU…

Mogadishu, 06 September 2011 – Somalia End of Transition Roadmap Somalia Peace Conference Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch Mogadishu, 06 September 2011 – Statement of Adoption of the Roadmap

New York, 06 September 2011 – The Secretary-General strongly welcomes the outcome of the consultative meeting held in Mogadishu from 4 to 6 September, at which key Somali leaders agreed on a detailed Roadmap for completing…

UNIPSIL sponsored the creation of the Guild of Newspaper Editors Sierra Leone in October 2010, facilitating a retreat in Bo where an interim executive was elected to foster a coalition of forthright, honest, and patriotic…

BAMYAN - The UNAMA-supported Bamyan Peace Day Football Tournament is now underway at the Mazari Square in downtown Bamyan city, kicking off nearly a month of games meant to promote ideals of peace, solidarity and cooperation…

KABUL - "On 9 July, an explosion in the vicinity of a school south of Kabul reportedly killed at least 25 people, including 15 children. This appalling incident follows other attacks in and around schools in Afghanistan that…

Mogadishu, 5 September 2011 – At today's Consultative Meeting for Ending the Transition in Mogadishu, Mohamed Ahmed Alin, President of the Galmudug State of Somalia and Abdirahman Mohamed Mohamud ("Farole"), President of the…