Afghan partners and United Nations agency help shelter returning refugees in the southeast
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…
UNAMA's review of the week - photos and stories
15 July 2010 - Download UNAMA's review of the week in stories and photos. UNAMA NEWS UNAMA PHOTOS
First round of Afghan Child Health Week (18-24 July)
15 July 2010 - The Ministry of Public Health in partnership with UNICEF and WHO is implementing for the first time, a comprehensive package designed to protect children in vulnerable and hard-to-reach districts. Child Health…
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Press conference to present ombudsperson of Security Council’s 1267 Committee
NEW YORK - Kimberly Prost, the newly appointed Ombudsperson of the Security Council’s 1267 Committee — also known as the Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee — pledged at Headquarters today that she would make her office…
Requests for removal from UN sanctions list will receive fair hearing – official
15 July 2010 - The official tasked with helping to decide which names of individuals or entities to remove from the list of those subject to Security Council sanctions measures against Al-Qaida and the Taliban said today that…
Afghan social workers train judges, lawyers and police about juvenile justice
17July 2010 - The Afghan Department of Social Affairs has trained more than 100 members of Government and civil society in eastern Afghanistan about juvenile justice with a longer term goal of keeping underage offenders out…
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Afghan women call for inclusion in decision-making ahead of Kabul Conference
KABUL - Dozens of Afghan women from the provinces of Kandahar in the south to Takhar in the north are calling on Afghan leaders to give more visibility to women’s rights at the Kabul Conference on Tuesday, cautioning that…
Voices from Jalalabad on the Kabul Conference
19 July 2010 - People in Afghanistan’s eastern region hope that tomorrow’s Kabul Conference will conclude with positive steps towards bringing sustainable peace and economic development to their country. Most of the more than…
Afghanistan gearing up for tomorrow’s Kabul Conference
19 July 2010 - Final preparations are underway in the Afghan capital of Kabul today as dozens of foreign ministers are arriving for the first major international conference on Afghanistan to be hosted in the country. The…
Afghanistan’s top singer uses voice for national harmony
19 July 2010 - Afghan singer Farhad Darya entertains fans of all ages at a peace concert on the eve of the Kabul Conference. The Kabul-born artist said he wants to remind Afghan leaders and the international community to…
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrives in Afghanistan
20 July 2010 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Kabul today to attend the International Conference on Afghanistan to be held on 20 July. The Conference is another important step in furthering the transition to Afghan…