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NEWYORK - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged world leaders to build on the commitments they made during the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) to achieve economic, environmental and social…

21 June 2012 - Bilateral and multilateral partners in Bissau today held a technical meeting aimed to exchange views on their support to the Security Sector Reform (SSR) process in Guinea-Bissau. "This is not a new initiative…

United Nations agencies yesterday stressed the need to tackle child hunger and undernutrition in the pursuit of sustainable development, highlighting a joint initiative that offers practical and effective approaches to combat…

NANGARHAR - Local committees to protect the forests are showing progress in Afghanistan's eastern region, where officials say the most effective to protect the environment is by making people aware of potential dangers and…

NEWYORK - More than 100 Heads of State and government today gathered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the start of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), which seeks to shape new policies to promote…

KANDAHAR - My name is Haji Lal Mohammad and I am the Deputy Head of the Environmental Protection Department in Kandahar. The main problems for the environment in Kandahar are the lack of proper canalization and sewerage…

KABUL - As World Refugee Day is marked, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) indicated that the flow of Afghan refugees returning home continues but at a slower rate.The UNHCR noted that nearly a quarter of…

KABUL - The reservoir that once collected stream water and provided Chahi village, Balkh province, with drinking water is now just dirt. Villagers rely on salty ground water or a dirty water pump that contributes to local…

KABUL - A high level meeting of regional countries that is set to begin Thursday in Kabul represents an opportunity for neighboring countries to shift their cooperation with Afghanistan from piecemeal acts of engagement into…

7 June 2012 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNIOGBIS today attended a meeting in Abidjan organized by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union (AU) and the UN…