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N'Djamena, 20 December 2009 – A MINURCAT logistics convoy composed of three civilian vehicles was attacked this morning by four (4) plain clothed unidentified armed men along the road from Goz Beida to Koukou Angarana in…
14 January 2010 - Download UNAMA's review of the week in stories and photos. UNAMA NEWS - UNAMA PHOTOS
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Statement on Haiti Earthquake The powerful earthquake that rocked Haiti Tuesday 12 January 2010 is indeed a major disaster and unparalleled event for the people of Haiti. The headquarters of the UN Mission in Port-au-Prince…
The human rights situation in the DRC during the period covered by this report (January-June 2007) continued to be cause for grave concern. Serious human rights violations such as arbitrary executions, rape, torture and cruel…
A Human Rights-led multidisciplinary team1 was dispatched to Bas Congo from 17-28 March 2008 to carry out an investigation into the violent incidents involving the Police nationale congolaise (PNC) and the Bundu Dia Kongo in…
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KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today called on all sides of Afghanistan’s conflict to minimize the impact of fighting on civilians. Full Report - Press release: English - Dari - Pashto…
This report compiles the observations of the United Nations Joint Office for Human Rights (UNJHRO) during the appeal proceedings (6 oof February to 21st of May 2008) against the presumed perpetrators of Serge Maheshe’s…
This report provides a summary of the investigative and fact finding missions conducted between May 2008 and June 2009, by teams of officers from the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) in the Democratic…
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Dili, 13 January 2010 - Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Timor-Leste meets with the media at her first press conference. Gyorgy Kakuk (UNMIT Spokesperson): Welcome everybody, Thanks for accepting our…
The investigation conducted by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) from November 2008 to the beginning of January 2009 into the Kiwanja killings of 5 November 2008, indicates that after the intense fighting…
At the end of October 2008 and in November 2008, in the context of generalized fighting in North Kivu between the Congolese-Tutsi rebel group Congrès national pour la Défense du Peuple (CNDP ) and the Congolese National Armed…
12 January 2010 - The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) is in the process of providing safe piped water to the residents of Jalalabad, the capital of the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar. Following a…