News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

28 May 2010 - The World Bank (WB) has approved a US$ 50-million grant to support the Government of Afghanistan’s efforts to improve the release of legitimate goods in a fair and efficient manner. The Second Customs Reforms and Trade Facilitation Project (SCRTFP) will help finance costs associated…

28 May 2010 - On the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, we honour the sacrifices of the men and women who lost their lives while serving under the UN flag. English - Dari - Pashto This year's commemoration is a somber one. The past 14 months have been especially deadly for UN…

28 May 2010 - With the laying of wreaths, cultural activities, parades and photo exhibitions, United Nations personnel serving across the globe are honouring those peacekeepers who have fallen and those who continue to serve in the cause of peace. This year’s commemoration of the International Day…

30 May 2010 - Herat’s Department of Women Affairs (DoWA) held a two-day workshop at the Afghan Journalism Centre last week to establish a better working relationship with the media. From 25 to 26 May 2010, 20 representatives from local television channels, radio stations and magazines discussed with…

31 May 2010 - Latest news and information from UN agencies operating in Afghanistan. WORLD NO-TOBACCO DAY: WHO URGES COUNTRIES TO PROTECT WOMEN FROM TOBACCO On World No Tobacco Day today, WHO will focus on the harm to women’s health caused by tobacco. The organization seeks to make men more aware of…

NEW YORK - The United Nations refugee agency is seeking US$ 18 million to meet an anticipated shortfall in funding for its operation in Iran, which is hosting more than one million Afghans who fled their homeland. To date, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has received only around one…

KABUL - Afghanistan’s Consultative Peace Jirga opened this morning in the capital Kabul, with 1,600 participants from across the country taking part in the three-day event aimed at developing a common vision about the way forward for bringing peace to Afghanistan. President Hamid Karzai opened the…

KABUL - Today, an international delegation spearheaded by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) completed a critical three-day mission assessing the situation of drug-dependence amongst Afghan school-age children. UNODC was joined by the World Health WHO, Johns Hopkins University, the…

2 June 2010 - A United Nations independent human rights expert today sounded the alarm about the practice of targeted killings, saying it had a tenuous legal basis and could undermine the rules that aim to prevent extrajudicial executions and guarantee people the right to life. Philip Alston, the UN…

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