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Guest speaker Michael Haddad gives an inspirational speech at the event held at UNIFIL to commemorate International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
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Michael Haddad, the guest speaker, was inspiring. He spoke openly about the challenges he overcame after he was declared 75 per cent paralyzed from a Jet Ski accident at the young age of six. To date he has hiked across…
UNHCR mobilizes South Sudan’s refugee children for schooling in Uganda, here at the Bidi Bidi refugee settlement camp.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, has launched a public awareness campaign, to encourage community support for education targeting South Sudanese refugee children in Uganda. The campaign has kicked off…
08 December 2016 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) organized a two-day seminar under the theme “Enhancing Cooperation between the Judiciary and the Judicial Police to develop Prisons in Libya”. The…
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7 December 2016, Pristina - The UN Human Rights Office, in cooperation with OSCE, the Council of Europe, and the European Union Office in Kosovo, jointly celebrated International Human Rights Day under the banner of “Stand Up…
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KANDAHAR - The importance of the rights of Afghan women and girls was the central theme of a series of UN-backed street-theatre performances in the southern province of Kandahar this week. Part of the 16 Days of Activism…
Educational material was also donated when UNMISS handed over a newly renovated secondary school to the community of Cueibet west of Rumbek.
On Wednesday 7 December the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) handed over the newly renovated secondary school in Cueibet, west of Rumbek. The renovation was done as a Quick Impact Project, to improve access to…
Photo by Hassan Ibrahim Ishag, UNAMID
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On 5 December 2016, to commemorate International Volunteers Day, UNAMID peacekeepers joined United Nations volunteers across Darfur in a series of activities aimed at supporting local communities. Working under the theme…
A South Sudanese Youth activist is calling for the creation of Peer to Peer HIV support groups in South Sudan, on World Aids Day. Peer to Peer support has already gained ground in Maridi, where HIV health workers are…
Following the briefing on 6 December by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Martin Kobler, the Members of the Security Council reiterated their support for his efforts and those of the United Nations Support…
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The Secretary-General welcomes the announcement of the continuation of the mediation led by the Conférence épiscopale des églises du Congo (Catholic Church - CENCO), to achieve a more inclusive consensus on the holding of…
Abdirisak Omar Ahmed, a law student of SIMAD University, said, "My desire is to see the restoration of the rule of law and that is what is happening now. The extension of the Electoral College to other regions other than Mogadishu is good for the stability of the country. I am pleased with the electoral process. The difference between 2012 and the current process, is in its inclusiveness." UN Photo
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Thirty-two-year-old Ibrahim Dahir Hussein was one of the Somali youth who had lost hope in the country’s politics. He was tired of hearing old politicians repeat that youth are the future leaders, yet no action was being…