NEW YORK - I condemn in the strongest terms the outrageous and cowardly attack against the United Nations office in Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan. Our reports are still preliminary, but it appears that three United Nations…
KABUL - "We can confirm that the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) operations centre in Mazar-e-Sharif, in northern Afghanistan has been attacked today following a demonstration. We can also confirm…
NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the violent attack against the United Nations operations centre in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, on 1 April 2011, which…
12 April 2011 – Attacks against humanitarian personnel have tripled over the past decade, rising to more than 100 deaths each year, with the most of the fatalities occurring in areas where violence has increased significantly…
KABUL - Today the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Staffan de Mistura at his request, met separately with the Chairman of the Ulema Council of Afghanistan, Maulavi Qiyamuddin Kashaaf and…
We have just concluded a very successful consultative meeting. Several of the most important stakeholders from Somalia attended the meeting. The Speaker of the Transitional Federal Parliament and some of his colleagues were…
12 April 2011 - Today the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Staffan de Mistura at his request, met separately with the Chairman of the Ulema Council of Afghanistan, Maulavi Qiyamuddin…
Nairobi, 11 April 2011 – Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General Augustine P. Mahiga today said that he is confident that the High Level Consultative meeting scheduled to take place 12 and 13 April in…