KABUL - There are exactly two months to go until the International Day of Peace on 21 September. The United Nations in Afghanistan is organizing a huge campaign under the theme “What are you doing for Peace?” Already final…
20 July 2009 - The United Nations and ECOWAS top-representatives in Guinea-Bissau today attended a meeting in Bissau with one of the country's run-off presidential elections candidates aimed at appeasing the tension around…
KABUL - Transcript of press conference by Aleem Siddique, Spokesperson, UNAMA Strategic Communication and Spokespersons Unit and Dr Nilab Mobarez, UNAMA Strategic Communication and Spokespersons Unit. Dari - Pashto UNAMA ON…
KABUL - The United Nations in Afghanistan today assured that every effort will be made to ensure security in the upcoming presidential and provincial council elections. “Allow me to assure you that there will be no let up on…
15 July 2009 - The Security Council today welcomed the Afghan-led preparations for next month’s presidential and provincial council elections, and stressed the importance of “free, fair, transparent, credible, secure and…
KABUL - Afghanistan’s presidential and provincial council elections on 20 August are just one month away. Forty one presidential candidates, including two women and more than 3,000 provincial council candidates are…
20 July 2009 - Afghanistan’s presidential and provincial council elections on 20 August are just one month away. Forty one presidential candidates, including two women and more than 3,000 provincial council candidates are…
KABUL - For the first time ever two Afghan climbers have reached the summit of Afghanistan’s highest mountain. The two climbers, Amruddin and Malang, reached the 7,492 metres summit of Noshaq in the Hindu Kush in the Wakhan…
19 July 2009 - The past year has witnessed a rise in violence against women in Afghanistan and of its public acceptance, according to the UN women’s development fund, UNIFEM.
KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the Peace Dividend Trust today met with procurement officials from the international community and, again, urged them to buy locally-produced products…
15 July 2009 - Welcoming the Afghan-led preparations for upcoming presidential and provincial council elections, the Security Council stressed this morning that it was important that they be free, fair, transparent, credible…