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KABUL - More than 82,000 anti-personnel mines were cleared in Afghanistan in 2008, but the funding needed to meet the 2013 demining completion goal – around $500 million – is threatened by the world economic situation, a…

KABUL - Kai Eide, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan. Transcript in Dari - Pashto UNAMA: Good morning to everyone and welcome to UNAMA's press conference today. My name is Nilab Mobarez from the…

Communiqué of the Meeting of the International Contact Group on Somalia. New York, 16 December 2008

KABUL - Transcript of press conference by Ewen MacLeod, UNHCR Acting Country Representative for Afghanistan; Marc Vansteenkiste, International Labour Organisation, Chief Technical Advisor; Nassim Majidi, Altai Consulting and…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan

KABUL - Transcript of press conference by Christina Oguz, UNODC Country Representative for Afghanistan, Norah Niland, UNAMA, Chief Human Rights Officer and Dr. Nilab Mobarez, Spokesperson’s Office. Dari - Pashto UNAMA HUMAN…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference by the United Nations Security Council visit to Afghanistan. AMBASSADOR GIULIO TERZI, DELEGATION LEADER (ITALY): This visit has been very productive, thanks to the flawless organization…

On 5 November, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča visited American University in Central Asia and delivered a lecture on the role of the preventive diplomacy in Central Asia development. The…

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Michael C. Williams of the United Kingdom as his Special Coordinator for Lebanon in August 2008. Mr. Williams previously served as the UN Special…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference by Ewen MacLeod, Acting Representative in Afghanistan, UNHCR and Dr. Nazifullah Salarzai, UNAMA Spokesperson’s Office. Dari - Pashto FOOD PRE-POSITIONING PRIOR TO WINTER In response to…

Declaration of the 13 th Extra-Ordinary Session of the IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government. Nairobi, 29 October 2008

KABUL - Transcirpt of press conference by Christina Oguz, head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Afghanistan and Dr Nilab Mobarez, UNAMA Spokesperson’s Office. Dari - Pashto UNAMA: Salaam alaikum…