News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

A photographic exhibition entitled “On the Ground: UN Peace Operations in Darfur and in Afghanistan” opens today at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. A collaboration between the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNMID), the…

6 July 2011 - Only 48 percent of Afghanistan’s population have access to safe drinking water and only 37 percent use improved sanitation facilities - with serious health implications, especially for children, according to the UN Children's Fund. IRIN News While some parts of the country are…

The transition towards greater Afghan leadership and ownership is on track, the top United Nations envoy to the country reported today, while adding that the process must not just be about security but also be linked to social, economic and human rights elements. UN News Centre “Transition is like a…

10 July 2011 – A new library for the library of Law Faculty of Kunduz University was officially inaugurated at a ceremony attended on Saturday. In attendance were Kunduz University professors and staff from UNAMA and GIZ, the NGO. “We are pleased and thankful to UNAMA and GIZ for their support to…

KABUL - Although Afghanistan has suffered through years of war, the Afghan people prove that the spirit of Afghanistan is still very much alive. This is the message the Afghanistan Ambassador to the United Nations Mr. Zahir Tanin walked away with after attending an opening reception for a new…

NEW YORK - The everyday life of Afghan people living in the midst of conflict is the focus of a new photography exhibition currently on display at the United Nations Visitors Lobby in New York. “Afghanistan: Everyday in the midst of conflict” was organized by the United Nations Assistance Mission in…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and Mine Action Coordination Centre for Afghanistan (MACCA) condemn in strongest terms the brutal killing of four deminers from the Demining Agency for Afghanistan (DAFA) in Farah province. PRINT Thirty one individuals, among them…

KABUL - Afghanistan is struggling to improve health conditions for women, but indicators released recently show the country has the highest maternal mortality risk and the lowest female life expectancy in the world. According to the State of the World’s Mothers 2011 report, published on 24 June by…

Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. President, thank you for convening this timely conversation. Special thanks also to our distinguished guests from regional and sub-regional arrangements for sharing their insights and experiences with us. We value their…

NEWYORK - The Security Council today, recognizing schools and hospitals as safe havens for children, called for all parties to conflict that attack such facilities to be held accountable and that they be added to the list published annually by the United Nations of those who commit grave violations…

13 July 2011 - Schools and hospitals must remain zones of peace to be respected by all conflict actors the United Nations Security Council ruled Tuesday in a new resolution intended to protect children and young adults caught up in armed conflict. “Places of learning and healing should never be…

KABUL - Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan: Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim. Thank you for coming. I think it is the right time, I’m sorry to say, for addressing issues relating to civilian casualties. We do have a report – every six months. This report…