News from our Missions
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly encouraged Sierra Leoneans to ensure that national elections on Saturday are carried out peacefully to build on the progress made since the end of the country's…
KABUL - The head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Afghanistan said yesterday that family planning is a basic human right and imperative for social and economic development. . Download UNFPA Press Release in…
KABUL - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has helped Afghan returnees living in Bamyan to better reintegrate with the local community. Through its national reintegration strategy in high return areas of Afghanistan, UNHCR Field…
The Sierra Leone Configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission welcomes the progress made by the government and people of Sierra Leone in the consolidation of peace and stability in their country. The international community…
KABUL – Mark Bowden of the United Kingdom arrived in Kabul today to take up the position of Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan. In a brief comment upon his arrival, Mr. Bowden said he was…
On the eve of national elections, the Secretary-General strongly encourages Sierra Leoneans to ensure that the same peaceful spirit that has characterized the electoral process thus far prevails on election day as well as…
15 November 2012 - The United Nations Integrated Peace-building Office in Guinea-Bissau, UNIOGBIS, and the Supreme Court, formally launched on Wednesday 14 November 2012 at the National Center for the Training of Magistrates…
Beirut, Lebanon Tuesday, 13 November 2012 United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly today visited Tripoli. He met political leaders and the Mufti of Tripoli and the North, Sheikh Malek El-Shaar. He also…
PAKTYA - With almost 40 per cent of schools across Paktya province having no proper buildings, hundreds of school students are still studying under tents, trees shade and unhealthy learning environment, residents complained…
URUZGAN - During their meeting with the Uruzgan Provincial Governor, Amir Mohammad Akhunzada, tribal leaders pledged to grow legal crops instead of poppy in their fields. “We will not allow anyone to grow poppy in Uruzgan and…
HELMAND - Officials at the Provincial Department of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (RRD) said they had implemented several development projects in Nad Ali, Washir and Nahr-e-Saraj districts of Helmand province and…
Amidst hundreds of youth chanting, "no to violence," the head of the United Nations in Sierra Leone visited the country's east earlier this week and appealed for peaceful elections.