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30 March 2010 - On 28 March, UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari met in Paris with Abdul Wahid Mohammed Al-Nour, leader of the Sudan Liberation Army-Abdul Wahid (SLA-AW) faction, as a follow up to their…
29 March 2010 - The United Nations-supported mine action centre in Afghanistan destroyed nearly 112,000 different types of explosives in the first two months of this year and could do much more with additional funding, one of…
Polio awareness campaigns had been ongoing in Southern Sudan since 2008, but more efforts were needed to eradicate the disease, health officials said at a media briefing in Juba on 25 March. Every child who had not been…
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KABUL - The United Nations human rights office is urging that Afghanistan’s poor be at the centre of decision-making processes that affect their lives, after a new report found that rights abuses are exacerbating poverty in…
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Dili, 29 March 2010 - Global development expert Professor Jeffrey Sachs arrived in Timor-Leste on the weekend at the invitation of the Minister of Finance Emilia Pires for a five-day visit, during which he will attend high…
29 March 2010 - Whether you sit down and have a cup of tea with Omara Khan Massoudi, the Director of the National Museum, or Nancy Hatch Dupree, Afghanistan’s grandmother, every one of the country’s cultural experts has an…
A 42-meter long single-lane bridge, which was inaugurated in the strategically located Yei town, Central Equatorial State on Wednesday, 24 March, promises to enhance the flow of trade and humanitarian supplies into the…
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KABUL - Whether you sit down and have a cup of tea with Omara Khan Massoudi, the Director of the National Museum, or Nancy Hatch Dupree, Afghanistan’s grandmother, every one of the country’s cultural experts has an informed…
The role of the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) was to support the authorities in ensuring credible elections while it was not mandated to monitor them, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Sudan, Haile…
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KABUL - Today an important partnership was forged to combat the illegal trade in chemicals which destroy the earth’s protective ozone layer and contribute to climate change. PDF The partnership was cemented through the…
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Dili, 29 March 2010 – The Polícia Nacional de Timor-Leste (PNTL) celebrated its tenth anniversary over the weekend with major parades and activities in the capital Dili. Established on 27 March 2000 by the then UN…