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The theme for this year’s International Day of Cooperatives, “Youth, the Future of Cooperatives”, highlights the enormous value of engaging the energy and drive of young people. In the wake of the global financial and…
1 July 2011 - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is being forced by a funding shortfall to cut its recovery programmes in nearly half of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces, a spokesperson said. “We are having to refocus our activities…
Making education accessible for all will be the focus of a United Nations conference in Geneva next week that will bring together representatives from governments, international organizations, civil society and academia to…
Beirut, Lebanon Friday, 24 June 2011 The United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in Lebanon today launched an initiative to promote better treatment of domestic workers, including migrants, who are frequently vulnerable to abuse…
New York, 24 June 2011 – At the 6564th meeting of the Security Council to discuss the situation in Somalia, the President of the Security Council made a statement on behalf of the Council.
The BNUB provides material to the burundian government
KABUL - I am pleased to greet the Foreign Ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. I thank the government of Kazakhstan for hosting this event. The OIC and the UN share many common goals and maintain a close…
The Praia Declaration on Elections and Stability in West Africa is the outcome document of the Regional Conference held in May 2011 in Cape Verde. The conference aimed at analyzing the impact of electoral processes on…
Bujumbura, June 28, 2011_The World Bank (WB) vows to support the Burundian energy sector for the next 18 months to allow its population to access the power grid. The bank's Director of Sustainable Development for Africa Jamal…
Bujumbura, June 25, 2011_Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza on Friday officially launched a national program to construct at least 100 villages, the state-run radio reported. The launch of the program in the province of…
28 June 2011 - While Guinea-Bissau has witnessed improvements on the political and security fronts, the authorities need to do more to consolidate the gains achieved and to address issues such as impunity, drug trafficking…