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I am shocked and greatly saddened to have learned that two of my staff members were among those killed in today’s suicide bombing on Kabul’s Jalalabad Road. A third colleague has been wounded and is currently being treated…

Hosting UN Deputy Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Southern Sudan, Lise Grande Read the full transcript

The Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) programme implemented under the January 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) marked a key milestone today, with the successful completion of Phase One of the…

Special Representative Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah today welcomed the release of the four Aid workers and their two pilots from captivity in Somalia.

Communiqué: The Transitional Federal Government of Somalia and the United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) convened a conference of former senior military and police officers of the Somali National security forces…

The Joint Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration Commission in Southern Kordofan has stepped up operations, with the launch of a second demobilisation centre in the State yesterday, 5 August. More

Hosting UNMIS Chief Electoral Affairs Officer, Ray Kennedy Read the full transcript

Communiqué of the Conference with Former Senior Somali Military and Police Officers.

The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) congratulates the Government of National Unity and the people of Sudan on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). UNMIS…

28 July 2009 - Last night at approximately 10.30pm the United Nations compound in the western province of Herat came under attack by anti-government elements. Full statement in English - دری - پشتو