News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

27 May 2011 - Secretary-Ban Ki-moon today underlined the huge benefits societies reap from ensuring that girls and women have access to education, saying the opportunity to acquire knowledge creates a new generation of mothers who in turn raise educated and empowered young women. Read about girls'…

26 May 2011 – International and Afghan investors flocked to Bamyan this week for a conference to strengthen eco-tourism and adventure sports, while also discussing ways to build up the transportation and tourist logistics in the city. “Tourism will be sustainable income of development for Bamyan…

28 May 2011 - Ann-Kristin Kvilekval heads the Police Advisory Unit at UNAMA. The Norwegian national worked with the UN missions in Lebanon and Timor Leste before coming to Kabul. On the occasion of the International Day of Peacekeepers, Kvilekval discusses her work and the impact she has as the only…

29 May 2011 - In July 2008, the National Justice Sector Strategy for Afghanistan called on UNAMA and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to establish the Provincial Justice Coordination Mechanism (PJCM) as a joint project whose overall aim was to improve the delivery of justice…

KABUL - The ninth Annual International Day of UN Peacekeepers is being commemorated today under the theme of 'Law. Order. Peace', focusing on efforts to strengthen rule of law. “In Afghanistan, peacekeeping day means prevention, facilitation, mitigation. We don’t have yet a peace to keep, frankly…

1 June 2011 - On a day that is marked by many countries as International Children’s Day and dedicated to celebrating childhood, Afghanistan continues to be plagued by conflict and remains one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a child. There is intensified fighting and increased…

KABUL - On World No Tobacco Day (31 May), the World Health Organization celebrates the successes of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in the fight against the epidemic of tobacco use. Since it was adopted by the World Health Assembly in 2003, 172 countries have become Parties to the…

1 June 2011 – Hundreds of children today celebrated International Children’s Day in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, as the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and its partners called on all parties to the conflict in the country to protect children and provide them with access to education. More than 300…

THE DEADLINE FOR "KABUL, I LOVE YOU" ENTRIES HAS PASSED. PROJECTS SUBMITTED BEFORE THE DEADLINE ARE NOW BEING CONSIDERED. CHECK BACK SOON TO READ ABOUT THE FINALISTS. 2 June 2011 - The deadline for entries into the "Kabul, I Love You" film project has been extended until 10 June 2011. Dari-Pashto We…

2 June 2011 - The Japanese word ‘Kizuna’ means solidarity or tie. UNESCO has adopted the word for a new campaign. School children from around the world are being asked to write a message of hope on a postcard. The aim is for each of the thousands of school children who were affected by the…

2 June 2011 - A new project to strengthen labour law and administration in Afghanistan will be launched today by the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled (MoLSAMD) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations specialised agency dealing with work and work…