News from our Missions
23 September 2011 – Burundi, one of the first States targeted by the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission that seeks to prevent post-conflict countries from relapsing back into violence, today said a massacre perpetrated…
21 September 2011 – Burundi has intensified its efforts in the fight against vaccine-preventable diseases in a United Nations-backed initiative that adds acute respiratory infections to the list of illnesses targeted in…
NEW YORK, September 2011 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held meetings with H.E. Roza Otunbaeva, President of the Kyrgyz Republic, H.E. Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, H.E. Gurbanguly…
ALMATY, Kazakhstan –One-day seminar entitled “Early Warning on Potential Trans-boundary Water Problem Situations in Central Asia” was organized by the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, with the…
NEWYORK - Afghanistan is negotiating strategic partnerships with its international partners, including the United States and the European Union, to guarantee the country’s security, stability and economic development once…
New York, 23 September 2011 – The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, convened a high-level meeting today on Somalia. Participants included representatives of: Burundi, Denmark, Djibouti, Ethiopia…
KABUL – The Security Council strongly condemned yesterday’s terrorist attack in Afghanistan that claimed the life of former president Burhanuddin Rabbani and wounded several others. UN News Centre Mr. Rabbani – who was…
Every year on the International Day of Peace, people around the world commit to non-violence and to harmony among all peoples and nations. Peace is our mission; our day-to-day quest. This year's theme focuses on the timely…
BUJUMBURA, 21 September 2011 (IRIN) - The massacre of 41 people in a bar near Bujumbura on 18 September was one of the most deadly incidents in Burundi in recent years but it took place in a climate of constant low-level…
New York, 21 September 2011 – United Nations General Assembly Resolution 55/282 calls on all Member States and organizations the world over to commemorate the International Peace Day in an appropriate manner, through various…
NEW YORK - Every year on the International Day of Peace, people around the world commit to non-violence… and to harmony among all peoples and nations. English - Dari - Pashto Peace is our mission; our day-to-day quest. This…