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KABUL - Transcript of press conference in Kabul by UN Humanitarian Coordinator Robert Watkins, Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Afghanistan; Wael Haj-Ibrahim, Head of Office, OCHA Afghanistan; and Director Laurent Saillard, ACBAR. LAUNCH OF HUMANITARIAN ACTION PLAN 2010…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference in Kabul by MACCA Programme Director Dr Haider Reza and Nazifullah Salarzai, Public Outreach Officer, UNAMA Strategic Communication and Spokespersons Unit. MACCA The mine action programme in Afghanistan started some 20 years ago in 1989 and the programme has…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference in Kabul by Nazifullah Salarzai, Press Officer, UNAMA Strategic Communication and Spokespersons Unit. LONDON CONFERENCE This Thursday the United Nations is co-hosting the Afghanistan Conference in London with the Governments of the United Kingdom and…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference in Kabul by Aleem Siddique, Spokesperson, UNAMA Strategic Communication and Spokespersons Unit. UNAMA STATEMENT ON THIS MORNING’S ATTACKS IN KABUL Most of you have been hearing the ongoing gun fire and the attack currently taking place in Kabul. While details…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference in Kabul by Aleem Siddique, Spokesperson, UNAMA Strategic Communication and Spokespersons Unit. SRSG AT THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK First, the Special Representative, Kai Eide, left Afghanistan for New York yesterday. He will be briefing the UN Security…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference in Kabul by Mr Wael Haj-Ibrahim, Representative of UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Afghanistan and UNAMA's Spokesperson Aleem Siddique. OCHA: It’s a real privilege to be here to present the collective efforts of the humanitarian…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference in Kabul by Ewen MacLeod, Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Afghanistan. UNHCR: Good morning, everybody. Thank you very much for coming. I think we see this is as an opportunity to look back a little bit at our work…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference by Norah Niland, UNAMA Human Rights Unit; Zia Moballegh, acting Country Director for the International Center for Human Rights and Democratic Development (ICHRDD); Aleem Siddique, UNAMA spokesperson. Dari - Pashto ON THE OCCASION OF THE 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference by Kai Eide, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan. SRSG: Thank you very much I thought I would address three issues: First the political agenda we have in front of us with the political process, then elections and at…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference by Aleem Siddique, Spokesperson, UNAMA Strategic Communication and Spokespersons Unit and Dr Nilab Mobarez, UNAMA Strategic Communication and Spokespersons Unit. دری او پښتو OVER 50,000 RETURNEES GET SHELTER ASSISTANCE IN 2009 As 2009 draws to a close, the UN…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference by Kai Eide, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan. SRSG: Thank you very much for coming here. Let me first introduce some of my colleagues: Karl Eikenberry, Ambassador to the United States; Mark Sedwill, Ambassador to…

KABUL - Transcript of a joint press conference by the representatives of UNICEF, UNESCO and UN-Habitat on the eve of International Literacy Day. دری و پشتو UNESCO: On the occasion of International Literacy Day, taking place tomorrow 8 September, and under the umbrella of the Literacy Initiative for…