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25 March 2014 - With the humanitarian situation in Sudan deteriorating and neighbouring South Sudan “imploding,” UN relief officials today appealed to donors to urgently fund life-saving activities in the two countries.John…
Stresses importance of inclusive participation in upcoming polls KABUL, 25 March 2014 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns today's lethal attack on an office of the Independent Election…
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KABUL - Afghanistan is among the world’s top 22 tuberculosis (TB) high-burden countries and the disease is a major public health problem, according to its Ministry for Public Heath (MoPH). “Every year, there are 189 new cases…
Some 80 policemen, gendarmes and prison guards have received a 4-day training on the techniques of criminal investigation conducted by Police of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI). The training took place in Korhogo…
The United Nations today launched a new phase of support in Sierra Leone with the transitioning of its political mission to a more development-focused UN presence, a sign of the West African nation’s sustained recovery from a…
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KABUL - Ján Kubiš was appointed the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in late 2011.A Slovak national, Mr. Kubiš has more than three…
Some 149 members of the Formed Police Unit (FPU) of the Pakistani contingent based in Guiglo received the United Nations Medal on Monday, 24 March 2014 at the end of a year's service with the United Nations Operation in Côte…
30 November 2013 - OPCW receives expressions of interest from 35 private companies to destroy other Syrian chemicals.In a statement to the OPCW Executive Council on Friday 29 November 2013, Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü…
27 November 2013 - Following the issuance of the second monthly progress report regarding the OPCW- UN Joint Mission in Syria, a meeting of the Executive Council of the OPCW was held on 26 November 2013. In his opening…
22 November 2013 - In accordance with the decision of the OPCW Executive Council’s adopted on 15 November 2013 which requested the Director-General of the Organisation to explore ‘options for destruction in commercial…
15 November 2013 - • Most critical chemicals to leave Syria by end of 2013 • Over 60 percent of unfilled warheads and bombs destroyed The OPCW Executive Council (EC) approved today a detailed plan of destruction to eliminate…
6 November 2013 - The OPCW-UN Joint Mission has now verified 22 of the 23 sites. The additional site inspected is in the region of Aleppo and was one of the two sites that could not be visited earlier due to safety and…