News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

KABUL - Afghanistan is the first country ever to use bivalent oral polio vaccine during the Sub National Immunization Campaign on 15-17 December 2009. UNICEF Press Release The campaign targets a total of 2.8 million Children less than 5 years of age in the South, Southeast and Eastern regions and…

KABUL - UNESCO and the Government of Italy signed a US$1 million agreement to develop the capacity of Educational Radio and Television of Afghanistan. English - Dari

KABUL - As temperatures drop around the country, UNHCR, its partners and the Afghan government are working together to provide relief supplies to help some 200,000 vulnerable people cope with the harsh winter. Dari UNHCR has pre-positioned winter supplies throughout the country. Distribution begins…

5 November 2009 - Effective immediately, the United Nations is taking additional steps to reduce risks to its national and international staff serving in Afghanistan. This is in light of the 28 October attack against UN staff in Kabul as well as further ongoing threats. Although details of the new…

NEW YORK - UN human rights chief tells UN Security Council in debate on protection of civilians in armed conflict. “More political will and less political exceptionalism” is required for the Security Council to be more effective in its critically important work of protecting civilians in situations…

KABUL - The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon arrived in Kabul today following the attack on a Kabul guesthouse last week in which five UN staff members were killed and others were injured. دری و پشتو Mr Ban will meet UN staff, his Special Representative and head of the United…

5 October 2009 - Press Release by UN-HABITAT Afghanistan on the occasion of World Habitat Day 2009. UN-HABITAT Afghanistan statement - UN Secretary-General Message - UN-HABITAT Executive Director Statement

KABUL - Almost 1.2 million Afghan children have benefited from polio immunization that was conducted for the International Day of Peace in eight provinces, including some of the country's hardest to reach areas such as Kandahar, Uruzgan, and Helmand. At the end of the three-day long drive, about 97…

KABUL - A rare 24 hour cessation of offensive operations marking International Peace Day appeared to be holding firm across Afghanistan on Monday, with only isolated security incidents reported as of late afternoon. “So far things are certainly different from any ‘normal’ day at this time of year…

31 August 2009 - The top United Nations envoy for Afghanistan, Kai Eide today urged the country’s future government to take the lead in managing Afghanistan’s development through a new and “massive institution-building programme”. At the same time he welcomed the launch of a project that will see 15…

KABUL - From 26-28 July the Ministry of Public Health, with support of UNICEF, WHO and partners from the civil society are organizing the 4th National Immunization Days. The aim is to immunize all children in the age group at risk or 7.7 Million children aged between six and 59 months against polio…

13 August 2009 - Six weeks after the launch of the EU EOM and one week before Election Day for the Presidential and Provincial Council Elections in Afghanistan, the Mission would like to emphasise three key points. The EU EOM deplores the number of incidents of violence linked to the electoral…