DPPA
Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs

News from our Missions

9 July 2010 - Dark scenes of blood dripping from giant poppy flowers and skulls and burning fields where beheaded farmers recline – these are just some of the paintings created by students of Behzad Art School that are now a…
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Nairobi, 09 July 2010 – United Nations Special Representative for Somalia, Augustine P. Mahiga, today welcomed the decision taken by Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) at the summit held in Addis Ababa on 5…
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Nairobi, 09 July 2010 – United Nations Special Representative for Somalia, Augustine P. Mahiga, today welcomed the decision taken by Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) at the summit held in Addis Ababa on 5…
7 July 2010, Jalalabad - With violence increasingly gripping the region, journalists of Afghanistan’s east have voiced their serious concerns about their safety and their lack of access to information. In a six-point…