News
Showing 20989-21000 of 38161 results found.
- News stories
BAMYAN - At a UN-backed event in the central province of Bamyan, community leaders met to discuss ways to play a stronger role in promoting peace and preventing sectarian violence. Around 40 community leaders and Islamic…
- Top Stories
PRESS STATEMENT 01/2017 The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) welcomes the renewed commitments reached today by regional Presidents Abdiweli Mohamed Ali “Gaas” of Puntland and Abdikarim Hussein Guled of…
Tunis – From 1 December to 31 December 2016, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) documented 10 civilian casualties, including 3 deaths and 7 injured, during the conduct of hostilities across Libya. Victims…
António Guterres, the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations, took office on 1 st January 2017. Having witnessed the suffering of the most vulnerable people on earth, in refugee camps and in war zones, the Secretary…
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…
NEW YORK - On my first day as Secretary-General of the United Nations, one question weighs heavily on my heart. How can we help the millions of people caught up in conflict, suffering massively in wars with no end in sight…
- Secretary-General
António Guterres - Biography António Guterres, the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations, took office on 1 st January 2017. Having witnessed the suffering of the most vulnerable people on earth, in refugee camps and…
By the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Cyprus (SASG), Mr. Espen Barth Eide Making peace is never an easy business. We only have to look at the recent peace deal finalized in Colombia to appreciate that the path to…
- Feature Stories
Forty-year-old Yusuf Hayle Jimale is one of the 200-plus members of parliament who Somalia will rely upon to elect the next president who will steer the country for the next four years. Though Mr. Jimale is one of the old…
- News Articles
North Kivu Head of Office Daniel Ruiz, and NKB Commander Brig Gen Hari B Pilla, have held a special Briefing with Journalists of North Kivu on 30 December 2016 in efforts to protect Civilians in North Kivu Speaking to the…
- News stories
Despite the promotion efforts, the Guinean Human Rights League's (LGDH) diagnosis of the situation in its most recent report covering the period 2013-2015 is worrying: "citizens systematically view their rights violated, in…
- News stories
KHOST - Panellists in a UN-backed TV debate in Khost stressed that the protection of women and children in Afghanistan not only is a social obligation, but also is required by national and international law. The televised…