On the occasion of today’s closing of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, the Secretary-General wishes to congratulate the judges, principals and staff, both Sierra Leonean and international, on the important achievements…

31 December 2013 – United Nations agencies today warned of possible famine and severe malnutrition in the Central African Republic (CAR), calling on donors to provide urgent funding to mitigate the crisis in the impoverished…

30 December 2013 – Attacks against children in the Central African Republic (CAR) have sunk to a “vicious new low,” the United Nations children’s agency warned today, saying that at least two children have been beheaded, and…

KANDAHAR - High school girls in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province participated in a United Nations-backed essay writing competition on the topic of peace, on Saturday.In their essays, the girls highlighted peace as a…

GHAZNI - The first-ever girls’ high school has been inaugurated in the Taliban-infested Andar district of Ghazni province, officials said on Monday.District Education Officer Taza Gul said 400 girls have sought admission to…

KABUL - An Afghan body charged with monitoring the media reporting on and fair broadcasting of the electoral campaigns made public today a set of rules governing media activities in the lead-up to the upcoming Presidential…

27 December 2013 – Humanitarian actors in the Central African Republic (CAR) urgently need US$152 million to help save lives and ensure the protection of 1.2 million people in the country during the next three months…

HERAT - As part of its advocacy on a recent United Nations report on the implementation of the Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW) law, a human rights team of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)…

GHAZNI - A civil airport in south-eastern Ghazni province was inaugurated on Saturday with a private company’s aircraft landing on the runway for the first time ever.Work on the airport project was started four months ago and…

27 December 2013 – The Secretary-General and French President François Hollande spoke about the grave situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) noting that this is a complex emergency affecting the whole population, in…

The UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly is shocked and deeply saddened by the car bombing in Beirut this morning that killed former Minister Mohammad Chattah and at least five others. He described Mohamed Chattah…

27 December 2013 – Amid reports of bodies found on the streets of the Central African Republic (CAR) capital of Bangui, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is again appealing for an end to the inter-communal violence between…