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Progress against HIV/AIDS made but not yet good enough: UNMISS head
While progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS has been made, “it is not good enough, people are still dying,” says the head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. Speaking at the World AIDS Day commemoration at the UN…
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At Somalia's first-ever security conference, hosted by the country’s Federal President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed “Farmaajo” in the capital, Mogadishu, participants agreed to speed up security sector reform and develop a plan…
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The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Koro Bessho (Japan): The members of the Security Council welcomed the successful conclusion of the Somalia Security Conference and the…
UNAMID photo By Emeka Nwadike In support of the disabled community, specially the victims of explosive remnants of war (ERW) accidents, UNAMID’s Ordnance Disposal Office (ODO) constructed and equipped five vocational centers…
Secretary-General Appoints Colin Stewart of Canada Special Representative, Head, United Nations Mission for Referendum in Western Sahara
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United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Colin Stewart of Canada as his Special Representative for Western Sahara and Head of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in…
Hundreds of people march in Wau to protest violence against women
Hundreds of people took to the streets in Wau, in northwestern South Sudan, to march in support of an international campaign to eliminate violence against women and to end child marriage. At an event marking the beginning of…
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On this World AIDS Day, I call for a renewed commitment to finish what we have started and to make the AIDS epidemic a thing of the past.
UNAMID photo
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By Emeka Nwadike In support of the disabled community, specially the victims of explosive remnants of war (ERW) accidents, UNAMID’s Ordnance Disposal Office (ODO) constructed and equipped five vocational centers across all…
4 th December 2017 COMMUNIQUE On 4 December 2017 the President of the Federal Government of Somalia, H.E. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed “Farmaajo” convened the Somalia Security Conference in Mogadishu with representatives of the…
The high-level ECOWAS delegation ended today a three-day mission in Bissau, “stressing the urgent need for Bissau-Guinean stakeholders to work resolutely towards the effective implementation of the Bissau and Conakry Agreements.”
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Expressing its deep concern at the continuing political crisis in the country and the demonstrations, the resulting police repression, the delegation has urged the parties to respect public freedoms, including the right to…
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Hodan Mohamed Hassan is no stranger to adversity, despite the meaningful life she has built for herself over the years. “I was forced to marry before I could finish my studies, then lost my husband during the civil war. I had…
The United Nations is grateful to the Royal Government of Bhutan for its pledge of a Force Protection Company to the United Nations Peacekeeping Capability Readiness System (UNPCRS), following the signature of an agreement…