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Mogadishu - In a historic move aimed at enhancing the delivery of justice, Somalia has recently appointed six female prosecutors. They are the first women to be appointed prosecutors since the collapse of the central…
KABUL - World Press Freedom Day was marked in Afghanistan today with speeches and awards to journalists who produced top reports on key issues affecting the lives of Afghans. At an event in Kabul hosted by an Afghan media…
The UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia has issued a new publication on “Glaciers Melting in Central Asia: Time for Action”. This report has been prepared by an independent consultant for the UN…
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed its deep concern about measures taken by Burundian authorities to seriously curtail rights to freedom of expression and assembly.
VIENNA, Austria - On 29-30 April, senior officials of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan gathered in Vienna, Austria, to discuss issues related to the interpretation and efficient application of…
Civil unrest continued for a fourth day in areas of Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura, after current President Pierre Nkurunziza was nominated by the ruling National Council for the Defence of Democracy – Forces for the Defence of…
29 April 2015 - I have just briefed the Security Council on the situation in Libya. First of all ... this chaos is what explains dramas as the ones we have seen recently: death in the Mediterranean Sea, hundreds of migrants…
29 April 2015 - Earlier this week, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) circulated a draft proposal for a political agreement in Libya. In a letter addressed to the dialogue participants, Special…
Entebbe, 29 April 2015 – The regional consultation framework bringing together delegates from civil society organizations in the Great Lakes region opened on Wednesday, 29 April, in Entebbe, Uganda. The meeting aimed to…
HERAT - At a United Nations-backed televised debate in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat, human rights experts and civil society activists discussed the issue of child marriage and highlighted the negative consequences…
28 April 2015 - Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bernardino Leon will be briefing the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday 29 April in closed consultations on the latest developments regarding the…
28 April 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has today condemned the outbreak of violence in Burundi following the nomination of President Pierre Nkurunziza as the presidential candidate of the country’s…