The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone in collaboration with UNIPSIL Human Rights and with support from OHCHR organised its Third Annual Conference and Training workshop on Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Human…

17 April 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, was received on Wednesday 17 April 2013 in Maputo by the President of Mozambique, Armando Guebuza.During his meeting…

11 April 2013 – BNUB Public Information unit handed over to Burundi media houses and organizations copies of the manual "Media Coverage of Judiciary issues" published in partnership with National Communication Council (CNC)…

KABUL - Afghan police women will be able to use their mobile phones to improve their literacy through a United Nations-backed programme which helps them overcome some of the challenges they face in balancing their work and…

Because of the multiple constitutional, traditional and religious barriers that female political aspirants and candidates encounter when running for public offices in Sierra Leone, the women parliamentarians have called for a…

Tripoli, 15 April 2013 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) alerts the media and social network users in Libya and abroad of a Facebook Page that introduces itself as "Security Council/Libya Branch/The…

KABUL - A United Nations report released today predicts an increase in opium cultivation in 12 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces this year. A joint production of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime ( UNODC) and the Afghan Ministry…

Mogadishu, 14 April 2013 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga, is shocked and outraged by today's deadly attacks in Mogadishu. While the number of the dead is still…

KUNAR - Poppy crops grown over 50 hectares of land were destroyed during a newly launched anti-poppy campaign in the eastern Kunar province, officials said. The illicit plant has been sowed in Nurgal, Sawkai, Sarkani, Narang…

KABUL - The ongoing conflict in Afghanistan may have overshadowed its rich cultural heritage and history in recent years, but at a United Nations-backed event today, this heritage was highlighted in a ceremony in which the…

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - SRSG Miroslav Jenča opened an international seminar “The Impact of Glaciers Melting on National and Trans-boundary Water Systems in Central Asia”, organized in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 11-12 April, with the…

The young boy scout lifted up a placard that read "Isn't It My Right to Live Like Other Children?" along with a cartoon drawing of a boy who lost a leg watching other children playing football. The marching band blew the…