News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

JALALABAD - Despite security challenges, thousands of health workers fanned out across Afghanistan’s eastern provinces last week to administer life-saving polio drops to nearly one million children under age five, as part of a United Nations-backed campaign.Governors of Nangarhar, Laghman, Kunar and…

KABUL - A UN report released today on the torture and ill-treatment of conflict-related detainees in Government detention facilities shows some progress and welcomes the new administration’s commitment to accelerate its efforts to fully eliminate the practice of torture and ill-treatment in…

NEW YORK - The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the loss of life in Afghanistan as a result of avalanches, landslides and floods in Kabul, Parwan, Panjsher, Kapisa, Badakhshan and Nuristan provinces.The Secretary-General extends his sincere condolences to the people and Government of…

ISLAMABAD - Nicholas Haysom, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, met this morning with Sartaj Aziz, Adviser to the Pakistan Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs.Mr. Haysom is stressing the need for the neighbours of Afghanistan to give their full…

KABUL -The Afghan Government reiterated its commitment today to strengthen and build upon the women’s rights achievements made during the past 13 years.“We want to create sustainable transformations for women in society,” said the President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, in a speech in Kabul at a…

KUNDUZ - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) this week distributed copies of the Afghan Constitution and dozens of books on Afghan law to judicial officials of the Imam Saheb district in the north-eastern Afghan province of Kunduz.The books are designed to be used for…

KABUL - Afghan parliament reconvened Saturday in Kabul to address, in the weeks ahead, a range of important issues, such as the approval of the government’s composition. Speaking to lawmakers and invited guests, including UN Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Tadamichi Yamamoto…

KABUL - The United Nations celebrates International Women’s Day every year on 8 March. In 2015, the UN system in Afghanistan is marking the day to uphold women’s achievements, recognize challenges, and focus greater attention on women’s rights and gender equality, under the global theme “Empowering…

KABUL - Theatre performances, exhibitions of artwork and speeches highlighting education for women and girls and their participation in the government and public spheres marked International Women’s Day (8 March) this week in United Nations-backed events across Afghanistan.At an event in southern…

NEW YORK - The latest quarterly report by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the situation in Afghanistan and the activities of the United Nations in the country was released today and is available here. >The UN Security Council is scheduled to discuss the report at a 16 March meeting in New…

KANDAHAR - Juveniles in a detention facility in Kandahar were provided with books and stationary items earlier this week, as one part of the multi-faceted support provided by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan to government institutions.The items included Pashto school textbooks…

KUNAR - More than 30 women’s rights activists from Kunar province received training on Afghan laws relating to violence against women, as well as judicial procedures and mechanisms in order to help victims of violence get access to justice. The workshop, organized by the Provincial Department of…