News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

NEW YORK - The Secretary-General is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Sima Samar and Mr. Juan Gabriel Valdés to his High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation. Ms. Samar and Mr. Valdés succeed Ms. Michelle Bachelet and Mr. José Manuel Ramos-Horta, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for…

JALALABAD - Thousands of people across the eastern region have learned about gender violence and women’s rights through a series of radio and television awareness programmes supported by the UNAMA in 2018. Using engaging broadcasts, local media have helped raise public awareness and mobilize…

MAHMUD RAQI - Young people in Kapisa are shaping their province and working together regardless of their different backgrounds, say local residents. The role of youth in decision making and their meaningful participation in various aspects of public life were recurring themes at several UNAMA-backed…

PUL-E-KHUMRI - In an effort to help the youth have their voice heard on peace, UNAMA has worked with local media in Baghlan to help create platforms and encourage dialogue. As in other provinces, majority of population in Baghlan is below the age of 30. Ahmad Nasir Hairan, one of the young…

HELMAND - Community leaders from the Nawa and Nadali districts of Helmand province came together to discuss local communities’ role in the broader peace process, part of a series of peace dialogues organized across Afghanistan’s southern region. Supported by UNAMA ’s Kandahar office, the gathering…

NILI - An increased number of women in the Central Highlands area of Daikundi are taking up positions in public life, working as civil servants and enjoying success in parliamentary elections. These developments are the result of multiple factors, not least the work and advocacy of a broad range of…

KABUL - The following is a transcript of a press briefing on 13 February 2019 in Kabul. PRESS BRIEFING TRANSCRIPT The Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan (Development) Toby Lanzer [near verbatim] Kabul, 13 February 2019 * * * DSRSG: I would open with one comment which…

JALALABAD - Community leaders, government officials and international partners must work closer together to help protect and support children affected by the conflict, said participants during UN-backed workshops in Nangarhar and Kunar on children’s rights. The participants – government officials…

KUNDUZ - In its efforts to support public dialogue among Afghans about reconciliation, peace and human rights, UNAMA works closely with local media partners --not just in the provincial capitals but also at district-level. One of the districts where listeners have the benefit of a local radio…

HERAT - The importance of women’s meaningful participation in the national and local peace processes and their active involvement in conflict prevention was at the center of discussions in a day long UN-backed symposium in Herat. The event, jointly organized by UNAMA and the Afghan Independent Human…

KABUL- Surrounded by a lovingly-arranged collection of fading cherished personal items --a wrist watch, a compact disc, some drawings, a pen and note paper-- a framed photo of Abdul Latif stares out from behind one of many vitrines lined up along the exhibition wall. It is just one of many moving…

KABUL – More civilians were killed in the Afghan conflict last year than at any time since records have been kept, according to a United Nations report released today by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the UN Human Rights Office. The report documented 3,804 civilian deaths in…