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KUNDUZ - For the economic development of the Afghanistan’s northern provinces, it is critically important for Afghan girls to be able to pursue an education, said panellists during televised debates in Baghlan and Kunduz. The…
Mr Malik Abdalla, the Director of Disengaged Combatants in the Ministry of Internal Security of the Federal Government and Mr Abdirashid Goni, the Governor of Lower Jubba region during the ceremony for the construction of the reintegration centre in Kismayo
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The construction of a rehabilitation center for disengaged combatants in Jubbaland state administration was officially launched on Monday, in Kismaayo. This is the fourth center to be established in Somalia as part of the…
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Seven outstanding professionals are breaking stereotypes about women’s achievements as they play leading roles in the demanding and fast-paced environment of the United Nations’ aviation sector. The women…
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UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today paid farewell visits to a number of senior Lebanese officials including the Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berri and Prime Minister…
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FARAH - Providing Afghan women with equal access to entrepreneurial funding mechanisms was the focus of a lively UN-backed debate in the sparsely populated western province of Farah. Some two dozen participants, including…
More than 500 returnees arrive in Malualgurbar
The arrival of the over 500 women and children of all ages and a handful of men marks the first wave of returnees displaced following a government order asking cattle camp inhabitants and keepers to vacate central equatorial…
IDP’s receive training on gender issues
To empower IDP’s on gender issues and concepts, the UNMISS Gender Unit, in conjunction with other sections of the mission, organized a two day training in the Malakal PoC site. The training was attended by fifty participants…
In order to rebuild confidence between the internally displaced persons and the UNMISS, the Head of Field Office, Military contingents, and UNPOL representatives with support from USAID/VISTAS, organized a three day…
Speaking at a Security Council debate on the protection of civilians, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed that the United Nations is determined to work collectively to support governments to protect their people, and…
On 6 June 2016, UNAMID’s Engineering Section and the Pakistani contingent, inaugurated a water station at Ardamata area in El Geneina, West Darfur. The project, consists of three boreholes and a water storage tank, will provide potable water to the local community including the displaced people in the area. Photo by Elsadig Hassan Daud, UNAMID.
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On 5 June 2016, UNAMID’s Engineering Section and the Pakistani contingent inaugurated a water station at Ardamata area, West Darfur. The project which consist of three boreholes and six water storage facilities will provide…
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GARDEZ - To promote participatory and accountable governance in the interest of Afghanistan’s development, participants at a UN-backed event in the capital of the southeastern Paktya province launched a civil society…
My apologies but I just finished a long and intense discussion at the Humanitarian Taskforce and in view of the fact that there are so many issues coming up and being discussed, I had to stay until the end, of course, so my…