News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

25 April 2010 - Journalists in Kandahar achieved a major milestone last week when they inaugurated the first ever press club in the south of the country. The Kandahar Press Club, which will be funded by journalists themselves, will offer an opportunity for the media in the south to tackle the…

22 April 2010 - The importance of funding in Education is paramount to the attainment of the EFA goals in Afghanistan. This genuine need was echoed in today’s ceremony which focused on celebrating the Education for All, Global Action Week in Afghanistan. The education stakeholders in the country…

23 April 2010 - The Afghan Director-General of the National Environmental Protection Agency, Prince Mostapha Zaher, has been awarded the UN's highest award, the 2010 Champions of the Earth Award, for environmental leadership. According to Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Environment…

26 April 2010 - At a press conference in Kabul today, Dr Eric Laroche, Assistant Director-General for Health Action in Crises, World Health Organization (WHO) and Peter Graaff, WHO Country Representative also said more needs to be done to reduce infant and maternal mortality, and in areas of…

NEW YORK - The Secretary-General has received the final report of the Board of Inquiry (BOI) into the 28 October 2009 terrorist attack on the Bakhtar guest house in Kabul where 34 UN staff were residing. The four-member BOI, set up in December 2009 was led by Andrew Hughes, a former senior…

28 April 2010 - Earlier today, soldiers from the Afghan National Army marched at Kabul's famous Ghazi Stadium, at a ceremony to mark the 18th anniversary of the mujahideen victory over the Soviets in Afghanistan. More photos

29 April 2010 - Download UNAMA's review of the week in stories and photos. UNAMA NEWS - UNAMA PHOTOS

26 April 2010 - A senior United Nations official today called for greater efforts to assist Afghans, who remain extremely vulnerable to a wide range of health challenges associated with natural disasters, conflict and the lack of coverage of health services. “Much has been achieved in recent years…

KABUL - A report issued by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Radhika Coomaraswamy, at the end of her mission to Afghanistan in February this year, states that the Afghan Government has made important commitments to reduce the impact of the armed…

2 May 2010 - A journalist by choice, Gulistan Ghalib needs no introduction in eastern Afghanistan. Having worked as a journalist for almost 40 years in Afghanistan’s most difficult times, spanning from Soviet occupation to the post-Taliban years and beyond, his life of 56 years has, no doubt, been a…

KABUL - Since the fall of the Taliban in 2001 Afghanistan has seen a remarkable boom in the media scene. Today the Director-General of UNESCO, says the Day is "an occasion to remember the importance of our right to know." Dari - Pashto UNAMA Online Photo Exhibition UNESCO Website Message from Irina…