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UN honours two activists for their work promoting tolerance and non-violence

NEW YORK - An Afghan women’s rights campaigner and a Palestinian peace activist are the winners of a United Nations award recognizing their outstanding contributions to the promotion of tolerance and non-violence, the UN announced today.

16 Nov 2011

UNHCR chief stresses agency’s ‘non-political mandate’ during surprise visit to Afghanistan

KABUL - The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) chief today reiterated that the agency’s work in Afghanistan is purely humanitarian in a visit meant to honour staff killed in last week’s attack in the southern city of Kandahar.

10 Nov 2011

Marking International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War, Armed Conflict

NEW YORK - Environmental degradation could undermine local and international security by reinforcing and increasing grievances within and between societies, the United Nations Environment Protection Agency (UNEP) has said, marking the International Day for Preventing the Exploita

06 Nov 2011

Female role models inspire girls, women in Kandahar and Nimroz

KANDAHAR - The “If I can do it, you can do it too” campaign run by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) launched role model speak series in the Southern Region where hundreds of schools girls and women heard from Parliamentarian Rana Tarin in Kandahar and

03 Nov 2011

UNDP launches the Human Development Report 2011

2 November 2011 - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today launched its Human Development Report 2011 entitled Sustainability and Equality: A Better Future for All. Click here to read more about the report.

02 Nov 2011

Afghan Minister of Counter Narcotics and UNODC visit Turkmenistan and Tajikistan

KABUL - H.E. the Minister of Counter Narcotics of Afghanistan, Zarar Ahmad Moqbel Osmani and the Country Office Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Afghanistan, Mr.

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