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UN launches campaign to end violence against Afghan women and girls
KABUL - Violence targeting women and girls is widespread and deeply rooted in Afghan society, a report by the Human Rights branch of the UN Mission to Afghanistan recently revealed.
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UN mission critical to US strategy in Afghanistan: Rice
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.
UNAMA's review of the week - photos and stories
3 December 2009 - Download UNAMA's review of the week in stories and photos. UNAMA NEWS - UNAMA PHOTOS
Higher education set to soar in Afghanistan
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…
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Afghanistan launch for State of the World Population Report 2009
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…
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Human rights for all citizens in Afghanistan
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…
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Climate change is population, gender issue - UNFPA
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…
Ban looks to UN budget committee to support plan to boost security
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…
International Anti-Corruption Day: Fight corruption, save development
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…
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UN envoy to government: Use political will to fight corruption
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…
UN's Eide meets US Defense Secretary
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…
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Human Rights Day 2009
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…