DPPA
Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs

News from our Missions

Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.

 

11 April 2010 - Mohamed Yacoub, 60 years old, collects a bag full of wheat and peas, a can containing cooking oil, a small portion of salt. His hands are thick from working the land; his face burnt spending days under the sun…
8 April 2010 - Different stakeholders in Afghanistan’s eastern regional hub of Jalalabad today vowed to make the city cleaner by mobilizing students, youths and local denizens. Observing the World Health Day in the Nangarhar…
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NEW YORK - World Health Day 2010 focused on urbanization and health with the campaign "1000 cities - 1000 lives" calling on cities worldwide to open up streets for health activities.
7 April 2010 - People tend to come to cities in the hope for a better future, but not everyone in the city finds a better future, Peter Graaff, Country Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Afghanistan, told a…
7 April 2010 - The First Scientific Seminar on Environmental Concepts in Islam was held today at the Kabul University. The well-attended seminar at the university auditorium was a joint effort of Afghanistan’s National…
7 April 2010 - Today in Kabul the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Public Health held a celebration at the Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital to mark World Health Day. UNAMA Radio on Health Day - Full statement
7 April 2010 - World Health Day is being marked today with a number of events and activities across Afghanistan. At an event at the Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital in Kabul one of the key note speakers was Peter Graaff, Country…