KABUL - WHO and the Afghanistan Stop TB Partnership suggested an urgent need for studies to explore why Afghanistan is the world’s only country with higher rates of tuberculosis (TB) among women than among men. About 66% of…

Seoul, 26 March 2012 - The Secretary-General spoke by telephone today with the two candidates in yesterday’s Presidential run-off elections in Senegal, Mr. Abdoulaye Wade, President of the Republic of Senegal, and Mr. Macky…

SHEBERGHAN - Jan Kubis, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, spoke at the inauguration of a UNAMA office in Sheberghan. Mr. Kubis said that the UN had been working in support of the people of…

Tripoli 29 March, 2012 - The United Nation Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomes the securing of the cease-fire brokered locally last night in Sabha. Reports from the Sabha Medical Center indicate that the fighting over…

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan

Abidjan, le 27 Mars 2012 ... Permettez-moi à mon tour de féliciter le peuple et les dirigeants politiques sénégalais pour la belle victoire qu’ils ont offert à la démocratie.

Entebbe, 26 March 2012 – Somali civil society reconfirmed its commitment to the Roadmap and the end of the transition process and furthermore acknowledged the invitation from the Signatories to participate in the process and…

KABUL - First of all, thank you very much for coming. Good morning to everybody. Thank you also to this centre for giving us the opportunity to be here.

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan Excellencies, distinguished participants of the RECCA V Conference, Allow me to thank the Government of Tajikistan for outstanding traditional hospitality, and to the leaderships of Tajikistan and…

Galka'yo, 26 March 2012 – The Somali signatories of the process for ending the transition held a consultative meeting. The meeting was hosted by Puntland State of Somalia and facilitated by the Office of the UN Special…

KABUL - One hillside in Pashtun Kot District in the northern Afghan province of Faryab stands out. Dotted with graves, it is the final resting place for the victims of underdevelopment: Villagers travel from far-off mountains…