14 September 2009 - Acclaimed author and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Khaled Hosseini has ended a five-day visit to Afghanistan today by highlighting the need for peace as the indispensable element in ensuring the safe and…
"Sierra Leone has embarked on a remarkable journey towards a stable, peaceful and democratic country since the end of the war seven years ago", said the Secretary-General's Executive Representative for Sierra Leone in his…
14 September 2009 - In the run-up to Peace Day 21 September 2009, UNAMA is releasing three exclusive pieces of calligraphy everyday. The specially commissioned artwork is produced by three Kabul University students. VIEW…
14 September 2009 - As Peace Day 21 September approaches UNAMA is featuring articles from UN agencies on the work the UN is doing for peace in Afghanistan. 5: The United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF No violence against…
KABUL - With just a week until Peace Day 2009, the United Nations today called on all parties to "silence their guns" and declare a ceasefire. This message was reiterated by Sanjar Sohail, a member of a prominent NGO, the…
KABUL - Next month the province of Sar-i-Pul will receive its first artificial insemination centre for livestock, paid for by the district’s own farmers. What is now a gaping hole into the ground will be the location of Sar-i…
KABUL - There are just seven days left until the International Day of Peace: “to be observed as a day of global ceasefire and non-violence, an invitation to all nations and people to honour a cessation of hostilities for the…
KABUL - As Peace Day 21 September approaches UNAMA is featuring articles from UN agencies on the work the UN is doing for peace in Afghanistan. 4: World Health Organization War has a profound negative impact on human health…
13 September 2009 - Download the latest issue of UNAMA's quarterly magazine Afghan Update. This month's issue looks at health in Afghanistan in English, Dari and Pashto. Click here to download
12 September 2009 - The latest weekly programme produced in Dari and Pashto by UNAMA Radio is now online to listen to. The show - "Afghanistan Today" - is broadcast every Saturday morning on Radio Afghanistan.
KABUL - 1.2 million children in southern, south-eastern, western and eastern Afghanistan will be targeted by a new three-day polio eradication drive starting today. The immunization campaign comes shortly after Afghanistan’s…
13 September 2009 - The people of Afghanistan are once again being urged to take the world lead for this year’s International Day of Peace on 21 September. Speaking to UNAMA in London Jeremy Gilley, Founder of the…