News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

KABUL - Too much is at stake for Afghanistan’s upcoming presidential elections to be flawed, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed today, calling on the international community to support efforts to consolidate stability in…

1 April 2009 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned today’s suicide attacks in southern Afghanistan, in which two people were reportedly killed and a large number of civilians injured, including one staff member…

KABUL - The United Nations in Afghanistan is highlighting the importance of de-mining as part of the global activities for the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, which is observed each year on…

4 April 2009 - I have visited many countries that face the scourge of landmines. I have seen the devastation caused by these indiscriminate weapons, which hamper reconstruction, damage the environment and cause grievous…

4 April 2009 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed his happiness at the safe release of a United Nations staff member who was abducted in Pakistan two months ago, voicing his appreciation for the efforts of…

KABUL - A new housing development area for Afghan refugees near Kabul is being cleared of mines, with the urgency of the project becoming more acute as people are already living in the district and many more are continuing to…

2 April 2009 - A new law in Afghanistan seriously curtailing women’s rights, even explicitly permitting marital rape, is a “huge step in the wrong direction,” the United Nations human rights chief said today, calling for its…

KABUL - One the eve of World Health Day a senior UN official has called for hospitals and medical staff to be protected in Afghanistan. “WHO would like to take this opportunity to call on all actors involved in the conflict…

7 April 2009 - Sign language in Afghanistan is leaping ahead with the publication of 4,000 signs for the deaf and hard of hearing to use. A few years ago only 2,000 signs existed, but with the introduction of additional signs…

8 April 2009 - The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon has urged President Hamid Karzai to abolish a controversial family law which applies to Afghanistan’s minority Shi’a community members. “I want to take this…

8 April 2009 - Plans are underway in Mazar-i-Sharif for the rebuilding of the city’s main hospital which burnt down two years ago. On 19 September 2006 a sudden fire from an electrical spark in the wiring system of the…

KABUL - More than 200,000 people will benefit from a newly constructed hospital in the Kama district of the eastern province of Nangarhar. “Before the establishment of this hospital we used to travel for several hours to take…