On 17 December 2012, the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the AU Commission, Amb. Boubacar Diarra, the IGAD Facilitator for Somalia, Amb. Kipruto arap Kirwa, and the Deputy SRSG of UNPOS, Christian Manahl…

KABUL - Over 80 representatives from Judiciary, Attorney General’s Office, Ministry of Interior, Prosecutors, human rights and civil society organizations started off discussions in Kabul on forced and underage marriages in…

KABUL - Launched a new campaign on National Community Health Workers Day at the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Suraya Dalil, Acting Minister of Public Health (MoPH) of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, with WHO stressed…

UNOCA calls on calm and peace The United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) on a statement signed, December 16 2011, calls on the people of Gabon to conduct themselves in a calm and peaceful manner during the…

14 December 2011 - United Nations top officials in Guinea-Bissau today ensured the organization's continuing support to the country's peacebuilding and development challenges in 2012 but calls on Bissau-Guineans to address…

KABUL - A comprehensive report released today, Afghan People’s Dialogue on Peace: Laying the Foundations for an Inclusive Peace Process, summarises the findings of an initiative of 14 Afghan organisations, conceived by Afghan…

NEW YORK - The report provides an update on the activities of the United Nations in Afghanistan, including significant humanitarian, development and human rights efforts, since my previous report issued on 21 September 2011…

A Meeting of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), the Somali business community and the international community took place in Dubai from 11 to 12 December 2011 organized by the United Nations Political Office for…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today called on Afghan leaders to make greater use of the legal system to fight corruption during a national event marking Anti-Corruption Day. Noting that…

KANDAHAR - Family and social pressures to not allow girls to study, forced marriage and violence against women are the themes of a play written and performed by five high-school girls in the southern Afghan province of Nimroz…

KABUL - Amid concerns over the rising production and value of Afghan opium, Ministers from Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan met today in Kabul to enhance responses to regional security challenges. “More…

KABUL - Hervé Ladsous, Head of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), concluded his five-day visit to Afghanistan today. This is Mr. Ladsous’ first visit to Afghanistan. Mr. Ladsous called on the Minister of…