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KABUL - The UN Security Council has scheduled the next briefing to discuss the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon latest report on the situation in Afghanistan. The report is available here . The meeting, scheduled to commence 10:00 New York local time (19:30 Kabul local) 19 December, will be webcast…

NEW YORK - The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan called on the international community and all Afghans, including the Taliban, to back a peace process to end the suffering of the Afghan people. “It takes courage to enter into a peace process,” stressed Tadamichi Yamamoto…

NEW YORK - Media stakeout following the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto's briefing to the Security Council. TRANSCRIPT MEDIA STAKEOUT FOLLOWING SRSG TADAMICHI YAMAMOTO’S BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL New York – 19 December 2016 (lightly edited for…

FARAH - The most effective way to improve justice services for all Afghans was debated by an expert panel at a UN-backed radio broadcast in Farah province this week. The radio debate, led by a panel of representatives from the government, civil society and legal professions, drew a studio audience…

MAHMUD-I-RAQI - Eliminating violence against women as an essential starting point for their empowerment was the main discussion topic at a daylong event set up by the UN in the central province of Kapisa. The event drew a broad spectrum of participants, both women and men, from human rights groups…

KHOST - To strengthen government services, accountability and transparency must be improved, said speakers at a UN-backed event in the mostly rural and mountainous eastern province of Khost. The event in the province’s capital, which brought together some 60 people from government departments, civil…

KANDAHAR - Young Afghan women and men have a crucial role to play in fostering peace in their communities, according to participants at a UN-backed event in the southern province of Kandahar. An audience of around 40 students from Kandahar University, along with youth activists and Kandahar…

KHOST - Panellists in a UN-backed TV debate in Khost stressed that the protection of women and children in Afghanistan not only is a social obligation, but also is required by national and international law. The televised debate, organized by the regional office of the UN Assistance Mission in…

NEW YORK - On my first day as Secretary-General of the United Nations, one question weighs heavily on my heart. How can we help the millions of people caught up in conflict, suffering massively in wars with no end in sight? Civilians are pounded with deadly force. Women, children and men are killed…

BAMYAN - At a UN-backed event in the central province of Bamyan, community leaders met to discuss ways to play a stronger role in promoting peace and preventing sectarian violence. Around 40 community leaders and Islamic scholars participated in the event, which was set up by the regional office of…

PUL-E KHUMRI - Participants at a UN-backed event in the northern province of Baghlan universally affirmed their commitment to empowering Afghan women and signed a memorandum to work toward implementing the government’s national action plan on women. The event, supported by the regional office of the…

HERAT - The critical importance of ending gender-based violence was at the centre of a UN-backed information campaign conducted through the end of 2016 in Afghanistan’s western provinces of Herat, Ghor, Badghis and Farah. The campaign, backed by the regional office of the UN Assistance Mission in…