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19 September 2011– Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the armed attack that took place yesterday near Burundi's capital that killed and injured scores of people, and called on all parties to exercise…
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UNMIT Launches Ground-Breaking Report on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Timor-Leste Dili, 20 September 2011 - The United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) launched the first public report by a…
Community initiates traditional dialogue to diffuse tension in the aftermarth of spontaneous violence Dili, 15th September 2011 – The Ministry of Social Solidarity and the United Nations Development Programme co-facilitated a…
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BUJUMBURA, 14 September 2011 - Burundian health officials are battling to control a cholera outbreak that has killed 12 people and infected 600 others since August. Although the epidemic is under control in some areas, health…
Dili, 11 September 2011 – One of the world's most gruelling bicycle races started today from the capital of Timor-Leste, bringing together 450 participants, including 15 United Nations staff, who are taking on a six-day, 500…
Manatuto, 31 August 2011 (IRIN) - For Pedro Damaeao, having a brother who was part of Falantil, the Timorese guerrilla group that fought Indonesia's army, meant endless harassment for his family throughout the occupation. So…
25 August 2011 - UNAMID has begun an airlift of vaccines for a three-month campaign to protect livestock herds in Darfur. The first batch of vaccines airlifted by UNAMID arrived on Wednesday and was handed over to officials…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara and Head of MINURSO, Hany Abdel-Aziz, and MINURSO Force Commander, Major-General Abdul Hafiz, paid a visit to the military authorities ...
Dili, 15 August, 2011 - The F-FDTL Navy came together with United Nations Military Liaison Group (MLG) officers last week for a seminar on maritime peacekeeping operations. The two-day seminar (9-10 August) at Port Hera Naval…