News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

4 March 2010 - Experts cannot state with precision when the old city of Herat was built as it stands today. Herat’s history as a human settlement dates as far back as the Iron Age, and under Alexander the Great, during pre-Islamic times, the city was already a well known location. Genghis Khan…

KABUL - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Kai Eide, has held his final press conference in Kabul. SRSG: Thank you very much and thank you also for coming to my last press conference as SRSG in Afghanistan. I want to start by stating the obvious: this…

KABUL - The outgoing top United Nations envoy for Afghanistan today stressed the need to reverse the negative trends in the country within the year or they will inevitably become “irreversible.” Press conference transcript - UNAMA Photos In his last press conference as head of the United Nations…

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KABUL - Success in Afghanistan hinges on a better understanding of Afghan society by the world and the assumption of greater responsibility by its authorities, the outgoing United Nations envoy there said today. The international community’s tendency to make decisions with inadequate Afghan…

5 March 2010 - On the eve of International Women’s Day on 8 March, religious scholars or “Ulemas” in the east of Afghanistan have vowed to raise public awareness about Harmful Traditional Practices (HTPs) against women through their mosque teachings. Speaking at a meeting called by the Human Rights…

6 March 2010 - On the eve of Women’s Day and his departure as outgoing top envoy for Afghanistan, Kai Eide today challenged the country’s political leadership to empower women constantly and not just on the annual celebration of Women’s Day. Gracing the International Conference on the Empowerment of…

KABUL - On his last day in Afghanistan as the UN's top envoy in the country, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Kai Eide, releases a major policy paper calling for "a change of mindset" by the Afghan Government and international community. Download the full paper…

6 March 2010 - Outgoing United Nations envoy to Afghanistan Kai Eide, during his last address in Afghanistan today, expressed concerns over the country’s amnesty law and a recent presidential electoral decree. Later he was honoured by President Hamid Karzai at the Presidential Palace with one of the…

7 March 2010 - As a part of the Mission’s campaign to raise awareness about Afghanistan’s rich past, Kabul Musuem Director Omara Khan Massoudi spoke to UNAMA on his desire to see the musuem rise from the ashes. Afghanistan has a very ancient civilization. From 1922, when the first protocol was…

7 March 2010 - Latest figures from the United Nations in Afghanistan show about 27,700 individuals have been displaced in Helmand in the last month. The UN Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that according to the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR, 4,275 families (about 27,700…

7 March 2010 - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has initiated a press briefing about the Law on Elimination of Violence against Women in Kunduz. Briefing the media on the contents of the law were the Kunduz Chief Prosecutor, the Head of the Afghanistan Independent Human…