1 December 2010 -- "The Secretary-General has taken note of the preliminary findings by the international observer missions that the second round of the Ivorian presidential election on 28 November was conducted in an overall…

On 1 December 2010, in Nairobi, Ambassador Augustine P. Mahiga and the UN Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator for Somalia, Mark Bowden, launch the 2011 humanitarian appeal for Somali for approximately $530 million.

1 December 2010 - The United Nations strongly welcomes today's announcement by Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) of the completion of the final certification of the results of the 18 September Wolesi Jirga…

1 December 2010 KABUL, Afghanistan - On World AIDS Day, government health officials, the United Nations and its partners identify priority measures needed to tackle the increasing public health concern that HIV/AIDS poses in…

Nairobi, 22 November 2010 – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia, Ambassador Augustine P. Mahiga, today called on the Transitional Federal Parliament to exercise the spirit of…

Religious scholars to raise awareness for elimination of violence against women 30 November 2010 - Religious scholars have vowed to raise public awareness on the elimination of violence against women in mosques and other…

Mr President First let me apologise for speaking to you by VTC (Video tele-conference), I would have preferred to attend this vital Security Council meeting in person, but as you are all aware we have been involved in a…

30 November 2010 - UNIFEM (part of UN Women) expresses its thanks and appreciation to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan for facilitating the visit of Ms Ines Alberdi, Executive Director, UNIFEM (part of UN…

KABUL - A media house in the east of Afghanistan has started broadcasting articles of an Afghan law that seeks to end violence against women, coinciding with the start of a 16-day global campaign against violence against…

27 November 2010 - A top United Nations official today stressed the need for a broad strategy and greater international cooperation to boost counter-narcotics and crime prevention efforts in Afghanistan. “To tackle the…

27 November 2010 - In a meeting today with Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan, Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), reaffirmed his Office’s commitment to support…

Mogadishu, 27 November 2010 - Somalia's Parliament endorsed the new Cabinet appointed by the new Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. [State Ministers] [Ministers] [Deputy Ministers]