News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

KABUL - Civilian casualties in Afghanistan in the first half of 2021 reached record levels, including a particularly sharp increase in killings and injuries since May when international military forces began their withdrawal and the fighting intensified following the Taliban’s offensive. In a new…

UNAMA’s Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict 2021 Midyear Report was released today. The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, who is also head of UNAMA made the following statement: “Today, UNAMA released its findings on the harm done to Afghan civilians in…

SRSG DEBORAH LYONS OPENING REMARKS AT THE SPECIAL JOINT COORDINATION & MONITORING BOARD (JCMB) MEETING 28 July 2021 [As delivered] Mr. President and Dr. Abdullah, Distinguished ambassadors and members of the international community, Honored guests, The unprecedented set of circumstances that we face…

KABUL - 1. The twenty-third Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) meeting was held on Wednesday July 28, 2021 at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. The main purpose of the meeting was to review progress on the Afghanistan Partnership Framework (APF) so that a positive Joint…

KABUL - The United Nations in Afghanistan condemns in the strongest terms the attack today on its main compound in Herat that resulted in the loss of life of an Afghan police guard and injuries to other officers. The attack targeting entrances of the clearly marked United Nations facility was…

NEW YORK - The Secretary-General strongly condemns today’s attack against a United Nations compound in Herat, Afghanistan, which resulted in the killing of an Afghan security forces guard and injuries to other officers. He expresses his condolences to the bereaved family and wishes those injured a…

NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the deplorable attack against the United Nations compound in Herat, Afghanistan, on 30 July 2021, which resulted in the death of an Afghan security forces guard and several injured. The members of the Security Council…

KABUL - Stepping up ongoing efforts to address corruption in Afghanistan remains critical, finds a UN report released today. UNAMA’s fifth annual anti-corruption report, titled “Afghanistan’s Fight against Corruption: Stepping up integrity, transparency and accountability,” finds that Afghanistan…

KABUL - The UN Security Council will hold a special session on the situation on Afghanistan today at 10:00 in New York (18.30, Kabul local). Media can follow the UN WebTV for the live webcast. The session will also be available as a viewable video clip on UN Web TV a few hours after the meeting…

KABUL/NEW YORK - The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, today briefed a special Security Council session on the situation in Afghanistan. Lyons highlighted the deteriorating security situation, increased violence, high toll of civilian casualties and the…

Briefing to the United Nations Security Council by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ms. Deborah Lyons Kabul, 6 August 2021 [As delivered] * * * Mr. President and members of the Security Council, I am extremely grateful for the opportunity of this special meeting on…

PANJSHIR – Civil society representatives at a series of UN-backed radio programmes in Central Afghanistan called on the parties to conflict to stop fighting and return to the negotiation table. The series is part of UNAMA’s outreach effort to facilitate dialogue at the community level. During the…