NEW YORK - Before we begin, let me say just a few words about the terrorist attack near the UN offices in Kandahar early this morning. As you may know, a car bomb was exploded at the gate of a local NGO that shares a common…
28 October 2011 - The Security Council today welcomed efforts by countries to implement a landmark resolution calling for strengthening women’s participation in peacebuilding, peacekeeping, conflict prevention and mediation…
28 October 2011 - The number of Afghan refugees returning home has dropped substantially this year, with some 60,000 repatriating in the first 10 months compared to more than 100,000 over the same period in 2010, the United…
KUNDUZ - The first private radio station established by women in the northeastern region today started broadcasting a six-part United Nations radio series, Toward the Better Future. The head of the Kunduz Culture and…
Mogadishu, 28 October 2011 – The Joint Security Committee (JSC) held its 10th Meeting in Mogadishu, on 27 - 28 October 2011. Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Augustine P. Mahiga addressed the meeting…
KABUL - A major United Nations report has set out the challenges facing humanity a few days before the world's population is expected to reach seven billion. Full report - Press summary ENG - Press Summary_Dari - Press…
New York, 26 October 2011: Last Sunday, I had the great privilege of representing the Secretary-General at Libya's Declaration of Liberation in Benghazi, the city where the popular movement had begun on February 17 this year…
26 October 2011 - The Executive Director of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) , Under Secretary General Yury Fedotov accompanied by Mr. Said Djinit, the Special Representative of the Secretary General for West…
MAZAR - More than 300 people in Mazar-i-Sharif came out to hear what their government is doing for them. They sat in two long tables facing each other, government officials on one side, provincial council members representing…
Libya, Sirte, 24 October 2011 : The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator Mr. Georg Charpentier was in Sirte today, opening the way for the joint technical assessment missions to that city and to Bani Walid that will be…