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Survivors of conflict-related sexual violence continue to struggle to access adequate medical and mental health care, according to a new report issued by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and the UN Human Rights…
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UNIFIL peacekeepers from the Republic of Korea today handed over a public water purification plant, which they built over the past two months, to the local community in Abbasiyah, Tyre district in south-western Lebanon. The…
Thank you so much, really a pleasure connecting with you again. O f course, I had hoped it could be in person, sitting together with you in Geneva. Maybe in the not too distant future, we will be able to do that again. I am…
Thirteen-year-old Suzanne begins to weep as she tells the story of how she was raped. Her ordeal began when armed men burst into her home in Leer in the middle of the night, beating family members, and threatening to shoot…
KABUL - Rising numbers of civilian casualties in Afghanistan, with a disregard for international law aimed at protecting civilians from harm, underscore the urgent need for parties to halt the fighting and to re-focus on…
Security Council Briefing on the Situation in Syria by UN Special Envoy Geir O. Pedersen Mr. President, Since my last report, I have engaged widely among Syrians from all parts of the country, who have been keen to…
Ahead of presidential and local elections in Burundi on Wednesday, the African Union (AU) Commission and the United Nations (UN) urged the authorities to provide a safe and secure environment for citizens to cast their votes.
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KABUL - Access to accurate information helps reduce anxiety and serves to empower Afghanistan’s communities in the fight against COVID-19, said participants in a recent series of UNAMA-backed radio programmes broadcast across…
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Since it first emerged at the start of 2020 as a global health crisis, COVID-19 has spread to nearly every country in the world. Defined as the greatest challenge the world has faced in decades, the pandemic has disrupted…
KABUL - The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) welcomes the agreement reached between President Ashraf Ghani and Dr Abdullah Abdullah, to resolve the political impasse and enable the leaders to address the grave…
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Some people suspected of having contracted COVID19 refused to be tested, and the reason behind it may be related to fear or stigma, fear of being judged by their own communities. Braima, a resident of Militar neighborhood…
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Members of the National Staff Association (NASA) of the Entebbe Support Base (ESB) voluntarily contributed a sum of six million shillings (UGX 6,000,000 /=) towards a fund to support the national taskforce on COVID19. NASA…