5 December 2010 - On International Volunteer Day, which is also the day when the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme was established 40 years ago on 5 December, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon noted the work of…

5 December 2010 - On International Volunteer Day, we recognize millions of people around the world who give their time and talent to tackle global challenges: from volunteers working in their own communities on climate change…

3 December 2010 -- "The Secretary-General supports today's certification by his Special Representative of the result of the 28 November run-off presidential election in Cote d'Ivoire. He accepts his Special Representative's…

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3 December 2010 - Guinea-Bissau Government will set up a Transnational Crime Unit in the country, according to a memorandum today signed in Bissau with the United Nations. The document was signed by the Guinean Minister of…

2 December 2010 -- "The Secretary-General welcomes the announcement today of the provisional results of the Presidential run-off elections by the Independent Electoral Commission," according to a statement attributable to his…

1 December 2010 -- "The Secretary-General regrets that the Independent Electoral Commission has not yet announced the provisional results of the run-off presidential election that was held on 28 November in Côte d'Ivoire,"…

KABUL - The Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Mr Yury Fedotov crossed to the Sher Khan border in Kunduz on Tuesday and met with the Afghan National Police North Zonal Commander and…

29 November 2010 -- "The Secretary-General welcomes the holding of the second round of the presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire, despite some violent incidents in various areas of the country. He notes that, by exercising…

1 December 2010 -- "The Secretary-General has taken note of the preliminary findings by the international observer missions that the second round of the Ivorian presidential election on 28 November was conducted in an overall…

On 1 December 2010, in Nairobi, Ambassador Augustine P. Mahiga and the UN Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator for Somalia, Mark Bowden, launch the 2011 humanitarian appeal for Somali for approximately $530 million.

1 December 2010 - The United Nations strongly welcomes today's announcement by Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) of the completion of the final certification of the results of the 18 September Wolesi Jirga…