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Goma, 31 July 2011 – The Rwandan authorities have handed over six gorillas from the Congolese plains that were seized from poachers between 2003 and 2007 to the Congolese government. The handover was made at the Rwanda/…
“Change Our World” is more than the theme of this year’s International Youth Day; it is an injunction that should inspire young people at all times. Far too many of the world’s more than one billion young people lack the…
09 August 2011 - The UNAMID South African contingent based in Kutum, North Darfur, celebrated today their national women’s day, recalling the massive, women-led protest on 9 August, 1956 in Pretoria to end the pass book…
Kiwandja, 28 July 2011 – As a farewell gift to the people of Rutshuru territory in North-Kivu Province, the Indian infantry battalion based in Kiwandja, some 70 kilometers north of Goma, offered a school block to the deaf and…
Top United Nations officials have expressed their condolences to the family of the former Finnish prime minister, Harri Holkeri, who also served as President of the 55th session of the General Assembly. Mr. Holkeri, 74, died…
On the left, SRSG introducing the new FC Abdul Hafiz to the Afrian Union Ambassador Yilma Tadesse. "Bonjour tout le monde, Ramadan Karim! Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen, Ambassador Yilma, friends and dear colleagues. It…
8 August 2011 - An inter-agency mission with the participation of UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UNICEF, UNHCR, World Health Organization, Food and Agricultural Organization, Danish Refugee Council…
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BAMYAN - Hundreds of field workers in the Central Highlands Region have begun training for the first national door-to-door survey of Afghan households. Download the UNFPA press release The Socio-Economic and Demographic…
PRESS STATEMENT Mogadishu, 8 August 2011 — On Friday, 5 August 2011, a handover ceremony between the outgoing Force Commander of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), Major General Nathan Mugishia, and the incoming…
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NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary-General BAN Ki-moon today announced his intention to appoint Mr. Martin Kobler of Germany as his Special Representative for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq…
5 August 2011 - A UNAMID peacekeeper was killed and a second seriously injured when their vehicle carrying five troops came under attack by four gunmen at 1040 hours today in Duma Village, 37 kilometres northeast of Nyala in…
Having recently arrived in El Fasher as the new Deputy Joint Special Representative (Political), Ms. Aichatou Mindaoudou paid introductory visits to senior Government officials in Khartoum during the last week of July. Her…