News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

NEW YORK - The US Ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, says the UN Mission in Afghanistan, known as UNAMA, will play a vital role in President Obama's plan for increased engagement in the country.

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4 December 2009 - A new plan to double the number of places at Afghanistan’s universities has been launched in Kabul. The plan aims to build a high quality, internationally recognized and well-managed public and private higher education system that responds to Afghanistan’s growth and development…

KABUL - Press conference in Kabul by UN Agencies UNFPA and UNEP and Afghanistan's National Environment Protection Agency. ARIE HOEKMAN, COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE FOR UNFPA (UN POPULATION FUND) On 19 November 2009 the 2009 State of the World Population Report was launched at the global level and today…

KABUL - The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan Robert Watkins, today spoke at the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in advance of Human Rights Day on 10 December. Read his full speech here. Honourable Minister Spanta, Dr Sima Samar, distinguished guests: First…

KABUL - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today launched in Kabul the State of World Population Report 2009. The 2009 Report – which shifts the debate on climate change from carbon emissions to how human beings both affect and are affected by global warming – was unveiled by Arie Hoekman…

7 December 2009 - The United Nations faces unprecedented security challenges in many regions of the world, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the General Assembly’s budget committee today, as he sought support for almost $300 million in new funding to make the Organization and its staff safer. “We…

9 December 2009 - On International Anti-Corruption Day, the head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Afghanistan, Jean-Luc Lemahieu, issues a message. December 9 is a significant date when nations around the world seriously reflect on their need to combat corruption, a cancer killing…

KABUL - Corruption is very high on the United Nations’ agenda for Afghanistan, according to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Kai Eide. Mr Eide was speaking at a news conference in Kabul organized on the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day that included key government…

9 December 2009 - The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Kai Eide, today met with the US Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates in Kabul, where he presented his civilian agenda proposals for Afghanistan, first articulated at the ISAF Foreign Ministers meeting…

NEW YORK - Secretary-General's Message for Human Rights Day 2009. No country is free of discrimination. We see it everywhere, in many forms: old and new, covert and blatant, public and private. It may appear as institutionalized racism, as ethnic strife, as episodes of intolerance and rejection, or…

KABUL - Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay. The concept of non-discrimination lies at the heart of human rights. For this reason, it has been designated the official theme of this Human Rights Day, which occurs every year on the anniversary of the adoption of the…