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27 July 2010 - The United Nations today underscored the need for all parties to the conflict in Afghanistan to ensure the protection of civilians, following reports of a large number of civilian deaths and injuries during a…
The United Nations World Food Programme Executive Board has recently approved changes to its country portfolio which will allow it to better reach hungry vulnerable and malnourished people in Sierra Leone and support the…
Bangkok, 23 July 2010 (IRIN) - Timor-Leste activists have rejected a controversial Australian plan to set up a refugee processing centre in Timor-Leste. The plan was also voted down by the Timorese parliament on 12 July. "The…
Dili, 26 July 2010 - As the first woman to become a driver for the United Nations in Timor-Leste, Ligia Tavares Correia hopes that she will be able to learn many new things in her day-to-day work life. "I was happy and proud…
27 July 2010 -- The peace process in Darfur has reached a critical point, with the security situation deteriorating just as prospects for a negotiated settlement have slightly improved, UNAMID chief Ibrahim Gambari told the…
Issues of key concern in Upper Nile State, including rising insecurity, were discussed at a political parties roundtable held by UNMIS in collaboration with various agencies in Malakal on 22 July. Attended by six political…
27 July 2010 - UNAMA is deeply concerned about reports of civilian casualties in Rege in Helmand Province on 23 July. It is essential that the current ISAF-Afghan Government investigation be completed in a thorough…
Goma, 27 July 2010 - MONUSCO North Kivu Brigade Commander, Kumar Sharma, inaugurated a Quick Impact Project (QIP) "Vocational Training Centre for the families of FARDC" and presented to FARDC authorities at Rutshuru during an…
26 July 2010 - More than 20,000 volunteers and health workers are going house-to-house to administer two drops of the oral polio vaccine to children under the age of five in 14 provinces of Afghanistan. The three-day campaign…
Severe flooding in Akobo County, Jonglei State, has caused the deaths of two people and destroyed 133 households, according to the report of a humanitarian team that visited the Walgak area. Compiled jointly by the World Food…
26 July 2010 - As the first step towards conducting a research project to better understand the development outcomes of demining, MACCA/DMC hosted a training workshop this month. English - Dari - Pashto
26 July 2010 - Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for the Department of Peacekeeping (DPKO), accompanied by Martin Kobler, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (Political) for Afghanistan, met on Thursday…