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Training helps government to better manage and prevent community conflict in Timor-Leste Dili, 30 January 2012 — Staff from Timor-Leste's National Directorate for Community Conflict Prevention (DNPCC) are learning the skills…

Dili, 26 January 2012 — A United Nations delegation arrived today in Timor-Leste to learn more about the situation in the country and the support that Timor-Leste would like to receive from the UN after the proposed…

SRSG Hany Abdel-Aziz reminded All United Nations national and international civilian staff, UN volunteers, UN police and military personnel to hold the highest standards of integrity and conduct, both in the performance of…

16 January 2012-The Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) Implementation Follow-up Commission (IFC) held its second meeting on 16 January 2012,at the UNAMID Headquarters in El Fasher.The meeting was chaired by Ahmed Bin…

20 December 2011 – The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations political mission in Burundi, stressing that the country must continue to make progress on protecting human rights, fighting corruption…

There are not only sandy dunes in the landscape of the Western Sahara desert. Since 1976, an unknown quantity of Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) lay scattered across the vast territory. The result is thousands of casualties…

On 11 December 2011, the Deputy Joint Special Representative (DJSR-P) of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), Ms. Aichatou Mindaoudou Souleymane, and the UN Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian…

Dili, 5 December 2011 - The United Nations regrets the traffic accident that occurred in Comoro Road, Dili, at around 07.00PM on Sunday evening, involving an UNPOL vehicle and a motorcycle. As a result of the accident a five…

Dili, 1 December 2011 - The Government of Norway will support the consolidation of a democratic society in Timor-Leste based on legitimate institutions elected through free, transparent and fair elections in 2012. The…

Flagship report from UN's new organization for women recognizes progress, but calls on governments to take urgent action to end the injustices that keep women poorer and less powerful than men in every country in the world 24…