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NEW YORK - Thank you very much for your attention, for your time. I am very happy to be here. It’s my first briefing to the Security Council in my new capacity as the head of UNAMA and the SRSG. I have been in the country for not more than two months. So I am pretty fresh with some previous…

KABUL - Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, today spoke to the Security Council at a quarterly meeting on the situation in Afghanistan. Transcript A copy of the Secretary-General's latest report is available here .

KABUL - This report was prepared jointly by UNAMA and the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission. Transcript

KABUL - UNAMA Human Rights Unit Director Georgette Gagnon and AIHRC Deputy Chairman Ahmad Fahim Hakim release the report at the UNAMA office in Kabul. Transcript

KABUL - Transcript of press conference in Kabul by Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan. Staffan de Mistura: Thank you for being here. I would like to start again with what we have been somewhat interrupting for a while: a regular…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference in Kabul by Dr Eric Laroche, Assistant Director-General for Health Action in Crises, World Health Organization (WHO), Peter Graaff, WHO Representative in Afghanistan, and Dr Nilab Mobarez, UNAMA spokesperson. DR NILAB MOBAREZ : Good morning and thank you all…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference in Kabul by Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan. SRSG: Thank you for this opportunity. I would like to bring you up-to-date on one important issue which can then link to many others. It has been for…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference in Kabul with Norah Niland, Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Afghanistan. OHCHR (NORAH NILAND): Today, on behalf of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, I am launching a report on the Human Rights Dimension of Poverty in…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference in Kabul by Norah Niland, Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Afghanistan. Full report: English - Dari - Pashto OHCHR (NORAH NILAND): The annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Afghanistan was…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference in Kabul by Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan. UNAMA SPOKESPERSON (DAN MCNORTON): Good morning, everyone. It's good to see you all again. It gives me great pleasure today to present to you our new…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference in Kabul by Dr Nilab Mobarez, Press Officer, UNAMA Strategic Communication and Spokespersons Unit. NEW SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ARRIVES The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura arrived in Kabul on Saturday 13 March…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference by Kai Eide, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan. SRSG: Thank you very much and thank you also for coming to my last press conference as SRSG in Afghanistan. I want to start by stating the obvious: this year, of course…