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Passing of Lord Michael C Williams 24 April 2017 The UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Ms. Sigrid Kaag and UN colleagues are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Lord Michael C Williams of Baglan on 23 April 2017 in…
A review and planning meeting was arranged by WHO-Libya Office on 21 April to ensure access to life-saving health care services in the South of Libya. The meeting was attended by all directors of the 8 hospitals and all…
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UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary today honoured a French peacekeeper for the latter’s recent endurance run for 24 hours around the Mission Headquarters. Warrant Officer Jérôme Teurtrie…
GENEVA/KABUL - Conflict-related detainees in Afghanistan continue to face torture and ill-treatment in government detention facilities, a UN report released today has found. The report also says that the Afghan Government has…
IOM is currently in the process of providing human rights trainings in five detention centres, the first trainings inside detention centres since 2014. In this pilot project, IOM is targeting five centres (Abu Salim, Tariq al…
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KANDAHAR - The central message from those gathered at a UN-backed event in a district 30 kilometres south of Kandahar city was that good relations between local government officials and the communities they serve are crucial…
Photo by Muntasir Sharafadin, UNAMID.
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On 18 April 2017, UNAMID’s Rule of Law Section, in collaboration with the Government of Sudan (GoS) Prisons Administration, concluded a two- week training on Prisons Management, Human Rights and Operations for 30 GoS officers…
A family displaced by fighting between ISIS and Iraqi security forces carry their belongings as they walk through the destroyed western neighbourhood of Al Mamum, near Mosul, Iraq. Photo: UNICEF/Alessio Romenzi
20 April 2017 – Reporting on the dire situation across the Middle East region, marked by the largest refugee crisis since the Second World War, fractured societies, proliferation of non-State actors and unbelievable human…
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The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Mr. François Louncény Fall, has learnt with relief the decision…
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On 19 April 2017, UNMIL supported the SSR Think Tank of the University of Liberia to convene an open dialogue to discuss human security. Around 35 participants from the security institutions, civil society and motorcyclist…
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Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri today paid his first visit to the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), as part of his tour of the UNIFIL area of operations in southern Lebanon. UNIFIL…
Local dignitaries and UNMISS representatives cut the ceremonial ribbon during the opening of the newly renovated Pariang Primary School in Unity state.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was organized on Thursday by the Bentiu-based Mongolian battalion (MONBATT) to mark the opening of the newly renovated Pariang Primary School in Unity state. Local dignitaries and UNMISS…