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Classmates. Adding new names to unescos list of world her dij sides. First, breaking news from israel. An israeli citizen has been killed in an explosion in goelan heights. Israel responded by attacking a border post with mortar shells. Four palestinians have been killed in a search for three missing israeli teenagers. The Israeli Forces arrested 464 palestinians in a search operation. They raised triggered flashes in ramallah. Three teenagers went missing on june the 12th near a west bank settl...

UN-Habitat Iraq Marks Successful Conclusion of EU-funded "Support for Urban Recovery and Peacebuilding in Western Ninewa" Programme The UN-Habitat Iraq Programme "Support for Urban Recovery and Peacebuilding in Western Ninewa" proudly convened its final Steering Committee Meeting, held recently in Erbil. This initiative, funded by the European Union through the EU Regional Trust Fund in

First Person: Iraqis not abandoned after 2003 attack on UN Baghdad

A senior political affairs officer at the United Nations has described how the sacrifice of colleagues who died in the attack on the UN offices at the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq in 2003, has been acknowledged by the UN’s continued presence in the country.

An analysis of whether there is conflict of interest in the Volcker Oil-for-Food Investigation.

This latest report dramatically adds to the growing picture ofmismanagement, incompetence, and unaccountability at the UnitedNations, a world body in deep crisis and in serious need of reform.

Ms Helen Winterton has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Tunisian Republic in succession to Mr Edward Oakden CMG. Ms Winterton will take

Change of UK Permanent Representative to the OECD Ms Natacha Alexander has been appointed as the next UK Permanent Representative to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). From: 26 April 2021 Ms Natacha Alexander has been appointed as the next UK Permanent Representative to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris in succession to Mr Chris Sharrock. Ms Alexander will hold the personal rank of Ambassador and is due to take up her ...

2 May 2021 The Development and Humanitarian Programme Manager (DH PM) has responsibility for the management of Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) programme activities related to all DHC programmes and projects in Iraq (Protection, Women Empowerment, Democracy and Human Rights and Relief). The DH PM is formally responsible to, and reports to, Country Director for Iraq/Syria, based in Erbil, but reports thematically also to NPA Development and Humanitarian Cooperation (DHC) at Head Office in Oslo. Th...

Japan provides an additional $3.5 million for UN-Habitat to support returnees while preventing the spread of COVID-19 [EN/AR] Format The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) welcomes an additional contribution of USD 3.5 million from the Government of Japan to support peacebuilding in Iraq through rehabilitation or reconstruction of houses damaged or destroyed by the conflict, rehabilitation of water, sanitation and hygiene facilities, and provision of vocational training and...