News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

9 July 2010 - Dark scenes of blood dripping from giant poppy flowers and skulls and burning fields where beheaded farmers recline – these are just some of the paintings created by students of Behzad Art School that are now a part of an exhibition organized by various Government organizations and the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan Sraffan de Mistura recently spoke with the United Nations Information Center (UNIC) here about the United Nations mission in Afghanistan. As the UN's office in Washington, D.C., UNIC serves as the focal point for…

9 July 2010 - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) confirms that a Ministry of Interior escort supporting a UNAMA road movement was struck by an improvised explosive device in Parwan province yesterday, 8 July, on the main Kabul-Bamyan road. Three Afghan Ministry of Interior…

11 July 2010 - This year, some 60 countries are collecting data and counting people as part of the 2010 census process. A census is the only statistical operation that covers the whole population and all areas of a country. UNFPA – the United Nations Population Fund – and other partners are…

8 July 2010 - The United Nations today welcomed the priority programmes laid out by the Afghan Government in such areas as governance, development, and peace and security ahead of a major international conference to be held in the country later this month. The Government presented 23 national…

11 July 2010 - The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Human Rights Unit recently established the Protection of Civilian Committee in Armed Conflict in Kunduz. According to Hayatullah Amiri, Head of AIHRC’s regional…

11 July 2010 - Voice of Arghandab (Arghandab Zhagh) is the latest local radio station in Arghandab district, recently launched by Toryali Wesa, the Kandahar Provincial Governor and district officials. The Government-run radio station will initially broadcast for seven hours each day with the…

13 July 2010 - Kandahar’s first-ever charity-supported hospital was inaugurated in the city last week. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony Abdul Qayum “Pokhla,” head public health department of the Haji Rathmathullah Charity Hospital, called this is a major milestone for the poor and needy people…

14 July 2010 - Up to 10 names currently on a UN sanctions list related to Afghanistan are in the process of being forwarded to the UN Security Council for review, the top UN envoy in the country told the press on Monday. Staffan de Mistura, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for…

14 July 2010 - Government representatives, UNICEF, religious leaders and women recently inaugurated a facility in Bamyan that aims to provide a safe place for women during the final stage of their pregnancy. ”This place is needed in Bamyan like water in a desert. In the past not enough care was…

15 July 2010 - Working with local Afghan partners, the United Nations refugee agency has been providing building materials and cash grants averaging US $100 to hundreds of families crossing back home from Pakistan as part of initial reintegration support in the country. Sher Ahmad is a recipient of…