KABUL - “Afghan priorities for the Afghan people,” will be the focus of the International Conference on Afghanistan – the Kabul Conference, the Afghan Minister of Finance, Dr Omar Zakhilwal has stated. Dr Omar Zakhilwal was…
8 July 2010 - “Afghan priorities for the Afghan people,” will be the focus of the International Conference on Afghanistan – the Kabul Conference, the Afghan Minister of Finance, Dr Omar Zakhilwal has stated. Download: Dari…
New York, 1 July 2010 – As Somalia marks today its 50th anniversary of independence, the Secretary-General commends the courage of the people of Somalia and reaffirms that the United Nations will continue to support them to…
7 July 2010, Jalalabad - With violence increasingly gripping the region, journalists of Afghanistan’s east have voiced their serious concerns about their safety and their lack of access to information. In a six-point…
29 June 2010 - Afghan President Hamid Karzai signed a decree today to launch the Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Programme. The programme intends to attract Taliban foot soldiers and low rank commanders from the…
BAMYAN - The first moveable radio station in Afghanistan was recently launched in Bamyan province, covering news in remote districts of the province. Mounted on a truck, Radio Paik-e-Bamyan travels around the province and…
The Chairperson, Your Excellency, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi Distinguished representatives, Ladies and gentlemen, On behalf of the newly appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia…
Addis Ababa, 05 July 2010 – A Communiqué was issued after the IGAD's Heads of States' meeting to deliberate on the situation in Somalia was concluded today. Among the key issues raised were the decision to deploy 2000…
Following the launch of the Consultation Draft Constitution for Somalia, UNPOS, the UNDP Project Team and the Independent Federal Constitution Commission (IFCC) conducted a Seminar in Djibouti from 3 to 4 July 2010 , to…
30 June 2010 - “Dar-e-Zindan” or the “Valley of the Jail”, one the highest valleys in Afghanistan’s northern region At 2,700 metres above sea level the valley stretches throughout the province of Samangan, an isolated and…