KABUL - Staffan de Mistura, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan, today visited the southern city of Kandahar with Abdullah Ahmadzai, Chief Electoral Officer of Afghanistan…
KABUL - UNAMA and the international community reconfirm their commitment to work with the Afghan Government and the Afghan people to promote principles of a democratic state including rule of law, good governance, political…
KABUL - Parties to the armed conflict in Afghanistan should escalate their efforts to protect Afghan civilians in 2011, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights…
KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and Mine Action Coordination Centre for Afghanistan (MACCA) condemn in strongest terms the brutal killing of four deminers from the Demining Agency for…
KANDAHAR - Hundreds of widows at the Kandahar Women Affairs Department (DoWA) recited the Holy Quran and prayed together for peace at an event jointly organized by the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA)…
Bissau, 2 September 2011 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, Joseph Mutaboba, today urged all Bissau-Guineans, including representatives of all political parties to actively engage in…
1 Sep 2011 - The United Nations is working on the organization of an international meeting in New York to mobilize support for the Security Sector Reform (SSR) in Guinea-Bissau, the Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of…
Nairobi, 29 August 2011 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Dr Augustine P. Mahiga, has welcomed the visit by President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed to Puntland saying "it marks a new chapter in the relations between…
Nairobi, 26 August 2011 – The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Christian Manahl, chaired a meeting with representatives of emerging administrations from Southern Somalia. [Press Release]
New York, 30 August 2011 – The Secretary-General's report (S/2011/549) provides an update on major developments in Somalia, and assesses the political, security, human rights and humanitarian situation as well as progress…
KABUL - On behalf of the United Nations in Afghanistan I extend my heartfelt greetings to all Afghans as they celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr. English - Pashto Throughout the holy month of Ramadan the people of Afghanistan have once…
KABUL - Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has launched intensified efforts to wipe out polio from the…