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The people who live in the arid lands, which occupy more than 40 per cent of our planet, are among the world’s poorest and most vulnerable to hunger. Frequently, they depend on land that is degraded and where productivity has…
KABUL - The number of countries collecting all their blood supplies from voluntary unpaid donors increased by more than 50 per cent between 2002 and 2008, according to new global data from the World Health Organization (WHO)…
Nairobi, 11 June 2011 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Dr Augustine P. Mahiga, has expressed his shock over the callous murder of the Interior Minister of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia in an…
13 June 2011 - September 21, 2011, marks the 30th anniversary of the International Day of Peace. As we begin today a 100-day countdown to the observance, we pay tribute to the many civil society activists who lent the…
12 June 2011 – On today’s World Day Against Child Labour, a newly released report by the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) has found that more than half of the world’s estimated 215 million child labourers are…
KABUL - May 2011 was the deadliest month for Afghan civilians since at least 2007, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said today. UNAMA documented 368 conflict-related civilian deaths in May and 593…
Nairobi, 11 June 2011 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Dr Augustine P. Mahiga, has expressed his shock over the callous murder of the Interior Minister of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia in an…
11 June 2011 – Afghan civilians suffered their worst month of violence in recent years as the insurgent summer attacks intensified, making May the deadliest month on its records the United Nations Assistance Mission in…
May 2011 was the deadliest month for Afghan civilians since at least 2007, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said today. UNAMA documented 368 conflict-related civilian deaths in May and 593 civilian…
New York, 09 June 2011 – The Secretary-General welcomes the " Kampala Accord" signed today between President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia and Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden of the…
Nairobi, 09 June 2011 – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Dr Augustine P. Mahiga, has expressed his satisfaction over the agreement signed by the President of Somalia…