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9 December 2009 - The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Kai Eide, today met with the US Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates in Kabul, where he presented his civilian agenda…
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KABUL - Corruption is very high on the United Nations’ agenda for Afghanistan, according to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Kai Eide. Mr Eide was speaking at a news conference in Kabul organized on the…
9 December 2009 - On International Anti-Corruption Day, the head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Afghanistan, Jean-Luc Lemahieu, issues a message. December 9 is a significant date when nations around the…
8 December 2009 - A delegation led by the Assistant Secretary-General of UN Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Edmond Mulet, arrived today in El Fasher, North Darfur, in a follow-up to his visit two years ago, when the African…
8 December 2009 -- "The Secretary-General placed on record his strong condemnation of the 5 December attack the second in two days, on troops from the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). The…
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities was marked earlier this month by a roundtable discussion in the Southern Sudanese capital of Juba, and a landmark meeting in the national capital of Khartoum between…
Focusing on the importance of voluntary testing, awareness-raising and equal rights, Juba, Malakal, Wau and Khartoum celebrated World AIDS Day in early December. "People living with HIV/AIDS in Southern Sudan face…
7 December 2009 - The United Nations faces unprecedented security challenges in many regions of the world, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the General Assembly’s budget committee today, as he sought support for almost $300…
PRESS RELEASE UNAMID Peacekeepers Killed Distributing Water El Fasher, 06 December 2009 - At approximately 16.00hrs on Saturday 05 Dec 09, an UNAMID platoon distributing water outside a displaced persons camp near the…
7 December 2009 -- "The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attacks on UNAMID peacekeepers in Darfur on 4 and 5 December, which resulted in the death of five Rwandan soldiers,' according to a…
7 December 2009 -- "Yesterday, the Secretary-General called Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for the sole purpose of an urgent humanitarian matter. He called to urge the President’s direct engagement in securing the…
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KABUL - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today launched in Kabul the State of World Population Report 2009. The 2009 Report – which shifts the debate on climate change from carbon emissions to how human beings both…