News from our Missions
8 June 2011 - The Ministry of Women’s Affairs with support for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today opened libraries specifically for women in Paktya, Khost and Ghazni provinces. “Our traditional…
7 June 2011 – Representatives from four countries – China, France, Russia and Tajikistan - joined Afghan and UN officials in Faizabad district, Badakhshan, on Tuesday for a three-day visit to the “frontlines” of the drug…
Kampala, 09 June 2011 – The President of the Transitional Federal Government and the Speaker of the Transitional Federal Parliament met in Kampala, Uganda under the auspices of H.E. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and 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, known as the Kampla Accord, signed by…
9 June 2011 - The chair of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission has accepted the 2010 Tipperary International Peace Award for her contribution to freedom and democracy in Afghanistan. “I realized that…
On [30 May], Burundi Minister of Defence, Major-General Pontien Gaciyubwenge presided over a decoration ceremony of military from the 5th and 6th battalions and the contingent's staff who returned recently from Mogadishu…
Burundi inaugurates Independent National Human Rights Commissioners
Burundi inaugurates Independent National Human Rights Commissioners
Bujumbura, June 8, 2011_The seven members of Burundi's newly-established Independent National Human Rights Commission (CNIDH), sworn in Tuesday June 7, 2011 before President Pierre Nkurunziza, have vowed to fulfill their…
6 June 2011 - The Government of Afghanistan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today launched in eastern Afghanistan a project to encourage women’s participation in governmental, peace and reconciliation, and…
7 June 2011 – A United Nations Security Council delegation today reiterated its calls for increased protection of children and other civilians caught in the conflict, as the UN body prepares to take tougher measures to boost…