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25 May 2012 - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay took note that on 22 May the Military Command in Guinea Bissau handed over power to a transitional civilian government, following the signature of a…

NANGARHAR - In a region not known for its theatre, a United Nations-supported drama has been making waves and challenging beliefs on the subject of women’s rights. The Nangarhar Theatre Group has spent the last several weeks…

25 May 2012 - As part of their regular consultations on Guinea-Bissau, ambassadors and representatives of international organisations today held a consultive meeting chaired by the Special Representative of the Secretary…

KABUL - Civil society organizations throughout the country are holding elections today to select delegates who will attend a special preparatory conference in Kabul where they will create a platform and messages for the…

BAMAYN - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) travelled to Bamyan where it held a consultative meeting on proposed amendments to the Election Law. At the same time, the head of the IEC, Fazl Ahmad Manawi, called on the…

KABUL - Afghan civil society organizations have started preparations to develop strong messages through an inclusive and participatory mechanism for the International Conference on Afghanistan to be held in Tokyo on 8 July…

HELMAND - Message of peace resonated in an annual poetry event held in the southern Helmand province of Afghanistan on Thursday last week. Over 500 poets, writers and intellectuals from about over a dozen provinces of…

CHICAGO - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon assured Afghan President Hamid Karzai yesterday that the United Nations stands ready to support to the Afghan authorities to produce “credible and democratic elections”. According to…

NANGARHAR - A United Nations-supported stage drama show that seeks to raise awareness against underage marriage attracted hundreds of Afghan men, women and elderly in the country’s eastern Laghman province last week. The…

We will be addressed by Her Excellency Madame Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic and two Co-Chairs leading the United Nations Security Council delegation, Ambassadors Susan Rice of the United States of America…