News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

NEW YORK - A UN survey says that Afghanistan, the world's biggest producer of opium, is now also the global leader when it comes to the production of hashish.

3 April 2010 - Dozens of deminers wearing crisp blue uniforms and face-protecting helmets lined up to greet the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, ambassadors and donors today at a compound devoted to mine awareness and filled with the detritus of…

4 April 2010 - Today the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action is marked across the world. Website: MACCA

4 April 2010 - The United Nations Environment Programme in Afghanistan has been honoured with one of the country’s highest awards. President Hamid Karzai has awarded the Order of Malalai to UNEP’s Country Director Belinda Bowling, who has worked in Afghanistan for more than six years. At a ceremony…

KABUL - Across Afghanistan the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action has been marked today with a number of events and activities. In Kabul five young artists painted their vision of the dangers posed by landmines and other Explosive Remnants of War on the walls of the…

5 April 2010 - Download the latest programme in Dari and Pashto from UNAMA Radio which is broadcast every Saturday morning at 9 am on Radio Afghanistan. For more search for "UNAMA Radio" on iTunes.

5 April 2010 - “For a deminer, the first mistake is also the last one. There is no second chance.” So says Haji Aziz, from the Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA) as he stares into the sky.. He’s been a deminer for fifteen years, that’s experience no one can easily forget. “My…

6 April 2010 - Funded by the Government of Japan, UNOPS is assisting the Ministry of Public Works of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, with a road maintenance and capacity development initiative in Kandahar, one of the most volatile southern provinces of Afghanistan. The project will conduct…

6 April 2010 - German diplomat Martin Kobler, the newly appointed Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (Political) of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), arrived in Kabul today to take up his post. Mr Kobler will be responsible for political issues in…

6 April 2010 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, visited Mazar-i-Sharif today where he promised the continuation of United Nations assistance. UNAMA Press Release - UNAMA Photos Mr de Mistura first went to the famous Blue Mosque in Mazar…

KABUL - Deminers commemorate the International Day for Mine Awareness in Afghanistan where more than 15,000 minefields and battlefields have been cleared in the last two decades.