Following the closing of the Istanbul Conference on Somalia, the UN Special Representative, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, today said that the three-day meeting was "a major success" which resulted in "important concrete proposals".
24 May 2010 - “Come, let us flee together, my love – let us leave the problems for the old greybeard to solve.” Though the residents of Paktya, known as Paktyawal, are men of swords and guns, their history is also full of…
23 May 2010 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, today concluded a two-day official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran where he met with officials from…
KABUL - Two months after the UN Refugee Agency resumed its 2010 voluntary repatriation programme in Pakistan and five months since return started from Iran, 50,000 Afghan refugees have returned home with UNHCR’s assistance…
KABUL - Two months after the UN Refugee Agency resumed its 2010 voluntary repatriation programme in Pakistan and five months since return started from Iran, 50,000 Afghan refugees have returned home with UNHCR’s assistance…
23 May 2010 - Download the latest programme in Dari and Pashto from UNAMA Radio which is broadcast every Saturday morning at 9 am on Radio Afghanistan. For more, search for "UNAMA Radio" on iTunes.
KABUL - To promote the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which reached 20 years of age on 20 November 2009, UNICEF Afghanistan is launching a 30-minute radio series. The ‘Child’s Home Radio Magazine’, will be…
The Istanbul Conference on Somalia took place from 21-23 May 2010 reflecting the strong determination of the United Nations, the Government of Turkey and the International Community to work with the Transitional Federal…
21 May 2010 - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has for the first time in his report on Children and Armed Conflict, included a list of persistent violators for recruiting and using children. UN News Centre report…
21 May 2010 - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced on Friday that it is going to build a major assembly hall in north-western Afghanistan with funding from the Norwegian government. UN Radio report The…
21 May 2010 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Guinea-Bissau, Joseph Mutaboba, today considered the forthcoming deployment of seven Guinea-Bissau police officers to the United Nations Stabilization…
Istanbul, 21 May 2010 – The Istanbul Conference on Somalia started today in the presence of the United Nations Secretary-General, Heads of States and Governments as well as representatives of international and regional…