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Demonstrating true zeal of volunteerism, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) in Liberia hosted a three-day blood donation drive to mark this year’s World Blood Donor Day. Enthusiastic partners supporting the drive included…
16 July 2013 - By donating seedlings to the local Jonglei community, UNMISS Nepalese peacekeepers were playing a vital role in improving food security, the state Minister of Agriculture said in Bor today. Minister Mayen Ngor…
Jonglei Minister of Agriculture Mayen Ngor Atem (standing in white) observing UNMISS Nepalese peacekeepers planting vegetable seedlings they donated at Jonglei Central Nurseryon 16 July. Photo: UNMISS/Hailemichael Gebrekrstos…
15 July 2013 - A South Korean media group today concluded a week-long visit to Bor, Jonglei State, where it researched the role of UNMISS' South Korean Engineering Unit as well as the mission in the region. The media group…
Since 2004, Philippine peacekeepers of UNMIL have been offering services and initiating programmes for the benefit of the host population in addition to their tasks of providing security to the mission’s top leadership…
For many of the 350 elementary and junior high students at the Darussalam International Islamic Mission of Liberia, 6 June turned out to be their first opportunity to meet a doctor. That was the day the Jordanian Medical…
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NIMROZ - Two polio vaccinators have been abducted by unknown individuals in the Chakhchar district of north-western Nimroz province, officials said on Monday. The two vaccinators, a doctor and a volunteer, were kidnapped in…
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KABUL - Bob Saum is the World Bank’s Country Director in Afghanistan. He has been on the ground for a little more than a year and is “looking forward to several more years here.” He has previous experience in the region…
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Kinshasa, 15 July 2013 – Following reports of human rights abuses by ADF against civilians in Kamango district near Beni in North Kivu, a UN patrol comprising of Nepalese and Jordanian troops was sent to assess the security…