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Liberian and Ivorian district officials have inaugurated a wooden canoe on the Cavalla River to ferry people between the border towns of Garley in Liberia and Zilebly in Côte d’Ivoire. The Cavalla River is part of Liberia’s…
25 March 2014 - With the humanitarian situation in Sudan deteriorating and neighbouring South Sudan “imploding,” UN relief officials today appealed to donors to urgently fund life-saving activities in the two countries.John…
Stresses importance of inclusive participation in upcoming polls KABUL, 25 March 2014 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns today's lethal attack on an office of the Independent Election…
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KABUL - Afghanistan is among the world’s top 22 tuberculosis (TB) high-burden countries and the disease is a major public health problem, according to its Ministry for Public Heath (MoPH). “Every year, there are 189 new cases…
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Some 80 policemen, gendarmes and prison guards have received a 4-day training on the techniques of criminal investigation conducted by Police of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI). The training took place in Korhogo…
The United Nations today launched a new phase of support in Sierra Leone with the transitioning of its political mission to a more development-focused UN presence, a sign of the West African nation’s sustained recovery from a…
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KABUL - Ján Kubiš was appointed the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in late 2011.A Slovak national, Mr. Kubiš has more than three…
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Some 149 members of the Formed Police Unit (FPU) of the Pakistani contingent based in Guiglo received the United Nations Medal on Monday, 24 March 2014 at the end of a year's service with the United Nations Operation in Côte…
16 January 2014 - The OPCW Director-General, Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, confirmed today that the Italian Government has agreed to allow the port of Gioia Tauro for priority chemicals brought from Syria by cargo vessels to be…
10 January 2014 - Speaking at his fist press conference this year, the United Nations Secretary-General touched upon issues relating to work of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission. Excerpts from the press conference >>
9 January 2014 - The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany has confirmed to the OPCW that it will dispose of 370 metric tonnes of effluent to be generated by the hydrolysis of Syria’s stock of mustard gas aboard the U…
8 January 2014 - Despite a delay in eliminating Syria’s chemical weapons material, the United Nations Security Council expects that there will be no delay beyond the end-of-June deadline for the total removal of all such…