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Hundreds of voters in line outside the Sayed Jamaludin Afghan polling center in Ayno Mena, Kandahar for the Afghanistan parliametary elections. 27 October 2018.

Afghanistan: UN mission welcomes new polling dates following election delays

31 December 2018
Peace and Security
News Story
6 year old Rohingya refugee, Yasin, rests after arriving at a registration center for newly arrived Rohingya Refugees in Teknaf, Bangladesh, on 6 February 2018. His father says that they fled to Bangladesh after soldiers in Myanmar came to their house and beat his son when he was unable to tell them of his whereabouts.

Children suffering ‘atrocities’ as number of countries in conflict hits new peak: UNICEF

28 December 2018
Human Rights
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A Human Rights Officer interviews a displaced witness in Menaka, in northern Mali. In May 2018, a delegation led by Human Rights Officers travelled to Menaka to investigate the recent armed attacks in the settlements of Aklaz and Awakassa.

THE COMMITTEES: General Assembly Third Committee ‘anchored’ in human rights protection

26 December 2018
Human Rights
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A busy roundabout in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan; the UN has welcomed a ceasefire for the Eid holiday.

Afghanistan: UN ‘unequivocally condemns’ attack in Kabul

26 December 2018
Peace and Security
News Story
Tadamichi Yamamoto, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and the head of UN Assistance Mission in the country (UNAMA), briefs the Security Council.

Prospect of negotiated peace in Afghanistan ‘never been more real’ – UN mission chief

17 December 2018
Peace and Security
News Story
UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman speaks at the UN Trust Fund fundraising luncheon.

‘Global sisterhood’ tells perpetrators ‘time is up’ for pandemic of violence

11 December 2018
Women
News Story
A group of Japanese women look at the Universal Declaration of Human Rights during a visit to the UN's interim headquarters in Lake Success in February 1950

Worldwide UN family celebrates enduring universal values of human rights

10 December 2018
Human Rights
News Story
Young women in Sharak e Muhajireen village in Nili district of the Daikundi province in Afghanistan, 2018.

Women ‘vital’ to peace efforts and ensuring long-lasting stability in Afghanistan

4 December 2018
Women
News Story
Displaced Yemeni boys sit on mattresses distributed as part of UNHCR's emergency relief effort in Sirwah,Yemen. More than two million Yemenis have been uprooted by the civil war which began in March 2015.

Global aid appeal targets more than 93 million most in need next year

4 December 2018
Humanitarian Aid
News Story
Khair (left) is the father of seven children, who is no longer able to feed his children. The drought has destroyed his land in Daykundi Province, Afghanistan; and this year he harvested nothing. (June 2018)

Afghan children used as ‘collateral’ with even babies promised in marriage

3 December 2018
Interviews
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