News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

31 December 2009 - Since January 2009 UNAMA has published more than 2,600 photographs online. View UNAMA photos on Flickr

KABUL - In 2009 UNAMA launched its own radio programme with Radio Television Afghanistan. More than 100 radio programmes and reports in English, Dari and Pashto have been published on the UNAMA Radio iTunes page.

31 December 2009 - Finally, the month of the 20 August elections with 41 aspirants running for the post of president and more than 3,000 candidates in the fray for the provincial council polls. Election Day photos - UNAMA special elections website The head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in…

NEW YORK - This year was a year when arctic ice was melting faster than ever before and multiple crises – food, energy, recession or pandemic flu – called for global cooperation on an unprecedented level. At the same time, peacekeepers served in missions around the world and the fight against hunger…

31 December 2009 – With the number of chronically hungry people topping one billion for the first time in history, a coordinated effort to feed the world is crucial for the coming year, the head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today. In a statement, Josette Sheeran, WFP’s…

KABUL - As the United Nations investigates a joint raid by Afghan and international forces in which 10 people – mostly students – were killed, the world body’s top envoy to Afghanistan today appealed to all groups, both government and insurgent, to step up efforts to distinguish between civilians…

KABUL - After feverish preparations, Afghanistan celebrated Peace Day 2009 with the release of peace doves, the flying of kites, and other related activities around the holy time of Eid. UNAMA special Peace Day 2009 website UN agencies all over Afghanistan led the preparations for various Peace…

KABUL - The end of October brought the biggest shock of the year to the UN Mission in Afghanistan when five international staff were killed in a suicide attack on a Kabul guesthouse on 28 October. “I am deeply shocked and outraged by the cowardly attack on a guest house in central Kabul today, which…

KABUL - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met UN staff in Kabul at the beginning of November to express his sympathy and solidarity, following the deadly attack on a guest house in Kabul that killed five UN staff members and injured nine others. He said his main goal was to “insist on the…

3 January 2010 - The international community needs to 'demilitarize' it's overall approach in Afghanistan if it is to reverse current trends. That's the message the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Kai Eide, will give to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday at the world…

KABUL - The UN envoy to Afghanistan Kai Eide called for a “transition strategy” in Afghanistan, ahead of a new US plan for the country announced by President Barack Obama at the beginning of December. Mr Eide said the building up of Afghan institutions was vital to a transition strategy, a process…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan held its first press conference for the year 2010 in Kabul today. At the conference, UNAMA Spokesperson Aleem Siddique announced that the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Kai Eide will be addressing the United Nations…