Job Opening Posting Title: INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OFFICER, P3 Job Code Title: INFORMATION SYSTEMS OFFICER Department/Office: UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT NAIROBI Duty Station: NAIROBI Posting Period: 15 February 2017 – 31 March 2017 Job Opening Number: 17-Information Management Systems-UNON-70678-R-Nairobi (X) Staffing Exercise N/A APPLY HERE Share on: WhatsApp
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Job Opening: Posting Title: DIRECTOR, ADMINISTRATION, D2 Job Code Title: DIRECTOR, ADMINISTRATION Department/Office: UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT NAIROBI Duty Station: NAIROBI Posting Period: 31 January 2017 – 16 March 2017 Job Opening Number: 17-Administration-UNON-73702-D-Nairobi (R) Staffing Exercise N/A APPLY HERE Share on: WhatsApp
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Job opening Posting Title: Programme Management Officer, P3 Job Code Title: Programme Management Officer Department/Office: UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME Duty Station: NAIROBI Posting Period: 03 February 2017 – 19 March 2017 Job Opening Number: 17-Programme Management-UNEP-71004-R-Nairobi (X) Staffing Exercise N/A APPLY HERE Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »COMMENT: Lessons from Gambia
COMMENT: By Chris Saunders & Henning Melber What southern Africa can learn from West Africa about dealing with despots? Has the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) just taught the Southern African Development Community (SADC) a lesson? The West African states effectively took a dictator to task after he …
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PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, UN Kinshasa, DRC Closing date: Monday, 30 January 2017 Posting Title: SENIOR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, P5 (Temporary Job Opening) Job Code Title: SENIOR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER Department/ Office: United Nations Organisation Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Duty Station: KINSHASA Posting Period: 24 January 2017-30 …
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JOBS: UN Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Officer Closing date: Monday, 30 January 2017 Posting Title: Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Officer, P3 (Temporary Job Opening) Job Code Title: DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION AND REINTEGRATION OFFICER Department/ Office: United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic Duty Station: BANGUI Posting Period: 24 …
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COMMENT: By Sundeep Waslekar Countries that share riparian systems need regional security arrangements to preserve it The changing of the guard on the 38th floor of the United Nations building in New York, with António Guterres taking over for Ban Ki-moon as UN Secretary-General, has taken place at a …
Read More »UN Security Council renews call for more troops in South Sudan
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Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a world without nuclear weapons at the UN on Wednesday and urged a multilateral system based on equality among nations large and small. His speech at the United Nations in Geneva came at the end of a diplomatic tour …
Read More »UN ‘ready to engage’ if Congo rebels invade
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