News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

27 November 2010 - A top United Nations official today stressed the need for a broad strategy and greater international cooperation to boost counter-narcotics and crime prevention efforts in Afghanistan. “To tackle the problem of Afghan opium and insecurity, we need to develop a comprehensive…

KABUL - A media house in the east of Afghanistan has started broadcasting articles of an Afghan law that seeks to end violence against women, coinciding with the start of a 16-day global campaign against violence against women on 25 November. The state-controlled Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA)…

30 November 2010 - UNIFEM (part of UN Women) expresses its thanks and appreciation to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan for facilitating the visit of Ms Ines Alberdi, Executive Director, UNIFEM (part of UN Women) to Afghanistan. Dari - Pashto During her three-day visit, Ms Ines…

Religious scholars to raise awareness for elimination of violence against women 30 November 2010 - Religious scholars have vowed to raise public awareness on the elimination of violence against women in mosques and other areas in eastern Laghman province. The scholars, also called “Ulemas,”…

1 December 2010 KABUL, Afghanistan - On World AIDS Day, government health officials, the United Nations and its partners identify priority measures needed to tackle the increasing public health concern that HIV/AIDS poses in Afghanistan. Although Afghanistan currently falls under a low HIV epidemic…

1 December 2010 - The United Nations strongly welcomes today's announcement by Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) of the completion of the final certification of the results of the 18 September Wolesi Jirga elections. Dari - Pashto We look forward to the prompt inauguration of the…

KABUL - The Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Mr Yury Fedotov crossed to the Sher Khan border in Kunduz on Tuesday and met with the Afghan National Police North Zonal Commander and local Kunduz government officials. Mr Fedotov who is on his first trip to…

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5 December 2010 - On International Volunteer Day, we recognize millions of people around the world who give their time and talent to tackle global challenges: from volunteers working in their own communities on climate change adaptation and poverty reduction to those supporting global causes of…

5 December 2010 - On International Volunteer Day, which is also the day when the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme was established 40 years ago on 5 December, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon noted the work of millions of volunteers world-wide who give their time and talent to tackle global…

5 December 2010 - Senior Government officials from Herat have sought the unequivocal support of the people and civil society in the fight against corruption. Speaking at a two-day forum organized by Herat’s Provincial Council on streamlining anti-corruption efforts, the Director-General of the High…

8 December 2010 - The High Peace Council, at its first public conference in Kandahar, said that peace and reconciliation is the Afghan Government’s top agenda. The conference was attended by Chairman Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani, Head of Secretariat for the High Peace Council, Massom Stanakzai…