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Mogadishu, 17 October 2012 – UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Dr. Augustine Mahiga today welcomed the endorsement by Parliament of Mr. Abdi Farah Shirdon "Saacid" as the Prime Minister of the…

Mogadishu, 17 October 2012 – UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Dr. Augustine Mahiga today welcomed the endorsement by Parliament of Mr. Abdi Farah Shirdon "Saacid" as the Prime Minister of the…

Opening remarks to the Joint Commission as delivered by Ms. Aichatou Mindaoudou, Acting Joint Special Representative of the African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and Acting Joint Chief Mediator ad interim…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan - Within the framework of its mandate and goals, the Centre organized the Round Table "Preventive diplomacy as an instrument to deliver results in support of security and stability in the world"…

On the eve of the election campaign period, commencing on 17 October and ending on 15 November 2012, the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) commends the political parties and all other…

Afghanistan after 2014: Bane or Boom in Relations with Central Asia? This paper is prepared as input for the political dialogue between UNRCCA and Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Central Asian countries Full text in…

UNMIK/PR/1783 The Special Representative of the Secretary-General Farid Zarif has expressed his condolences to the family of the former Principal Deputy of the Secretary-General Lawrence G. Rossin who served in UNMIK from…

Juba, 11 October 2012 – On the International Day of the Girl Child 2012, commemorated for the first time, the UN calls on families, communities and governments at all levels to end child marriage in South Sudan. The day…

The Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Paolo Serra, today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)…