KABUL - The United Nations Security Council will meet in New York today, 30 June, to discuss progress and challenges in Afghanistan. The meeting, a regular quarterly session on Afghanistan, follows a visit by the full…
30 June 2010 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Guinea-Bissau, Joseph Mutaboba, today travelled to Sal, Cape Verde, to attend the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) summits. From 30 June…
30 June 2010 - About 50 staff members, including women, of Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) began registering voters in the country’s east for the parliamentary elections to be held in September. Sulimanzai…
KABUL - The United Nations confirms that a shooting took place late this morning in Kabul, involving one UN vehicle and two United Nations personnel. Tragically, one United Nations staff member, an Afghan national, was killed…
29 June 2010 - The World Bank approved a $40 million grant to the Government of Afghanistan today to support the Third National Solidarity Program (NSP III). NSP III builds upon the achievements of the first two phases of the…
29 June 2010 - The United Nations confirms that a shooting took place late this morning in Kabul, involving one UN vehicle and two United Nations personnel. Tragically, one United Nations staff member, an Afghan national, was…
NEW YORK - Mr President, Members of the Security Council, Thank you very much, Mr President, it is a great pleasure to see you here again after your mission. Pashto Dari I would like to take this opportunity to elaborate on…
29 June 2010 - The United Nations takes note of the appointment of Major-General Antonio N'djai as the new Chief of General Staff of the armed forces of Guinea-Bissau. The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in…
29 June 2010 - The United Nations confirms that a shooting took place late this morning in Kabul, involving one UN vehicle and two United Nations personnel. Tragically, one United Nations staff member, an Afghan national, was…
28 June 2010 - With the Security Council visiting Kabul, media attention shifted to the call to de-list names from the so-called “1267 blacklist.” Chair of the 1267 committee, Austrian Permanent Representative to the United…