News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

4 March 2010 - The latest issue of UNAMA’s quarterly Afghan Update magazine recognizes Afghanistan’s rich past and the need to preserve it for future generations. Download magazine: English - Dari - Pashto

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…

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…

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 -…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…