Meeting in Munich on February 11 & 12, 2016, as the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), the Arab League, China, Egypt, the EU, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation…
In accordance with the decision of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), the United Nations hosted today the first meeting of the Task Force on Humanitarian Access in Syria, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The…
An international delegation concluded a three-day visit to the federal member state of Puntland today. The delegation consisted of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Michael Keating, and…
An international delegation concluded a three-day visit to the federal member state of Puntland today. The delegation consisted of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Michael Keating, and…
A second consultative workshop bringing together key stakeholders to discuss the role of the Boundaries and Federalism Commission (BFC) was held on February 9 in the Somali capital, and participants urged Somalis to work…
KABUL - More than 200 civil society activists, government officials, journalists, students and UN officials gathered to launch UNDP’s Human Development Report in Kabul and discuss how work, and especially the contributions of…
The Special Advisor to the Deputy Special Representative to the UN Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons, Walter Käelin, has called for a new approach to humanitarian support to address the problem of internally…
JALALABAD - Provincial authorities met with UN officials in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Laghman at a UNAMA-backed meeting to identify development projects for the year ahead. Abdul Jabar Naeemi, Laghman’s Governor…
Mr. Eide highlighted the recent joint visit by the Greek Cypriot negotiator, Andreas Mavroyiannis, and the Turkish Cypriot negotiator, Ozdil Nami, to Brussels, when they met EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, who…
KABUL - To prevent and respond to child recruitment and use in the National Security Forces, and to improve age-verification mechanisms, the Government of Afghanistan officially launched age assessment guidelines at a high…
(New York, 8 February 2016) I am gravely concerned by reports that over 30,000 civilians have been displaced from Aleppo city and other areas in northern Syria over the past week, by heavy clashes and aerial bombardment by…
KANDAHAR - Civil society organizations and provincial anti-graft officials met at a UNAMA-backed event to form a new Anti-Corruption Group to tackle corruption in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar. Some three dozen…