KABUL - The first Autumn Human Rights Film Festival opens today in Kabul with an extraordinary selection of documentaries, feature, short and animation films from all over the world that will inform, spark debate, amaze…

BAMYAN - A group of schoolchildren in Bamyan city joined community elders and United Nations staff over the weekend for an annual hike to the top of the Kushkaq Mountains. Organized by the United Nations Environment Programme…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan On 1 October, Miroslav Jenča, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of UNRCCA, talked about the "Initiatives of Turkmenistan on promoting durable peace and sustainable development…

Copenhagen, 30 September 2011 – The 20th meeting of the International Contact Group on Somalia (ICG) was held under the chairmanship of the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Mr…

Copenhagen, 30 September 2011 – The 20th meeting of the International Contact Group on Somalia, wrapped up a two-day conference today in Copenhagen, Denmark solidifying the Roadmap which defines the pathway to end the seven…

New York, 29 September 2011 -The Secretary-General is saddened by the loss of life during the demonstrations that began in Conakry on 27 September. The Secretary-General stresses the importance of allowing peaceful…

Second Session from 3 to 7 October 2011- Saly, Senegal Dakar, 30 September 2011 - The United Nations entity for Gender equality and Women’s Empowerment (UN Women) and the United Nations Office in West Africa (UNOWA), in close…

29 September 2011 - The implementation of a peacebuilding plan and social and political reforms in Guinea-Bissau were at the centre of Thursday's discussions between Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Prime Minister of the…

NEWYORK - The United Nations envoy for Afghanistan today stressed the need to seize the window of opportunity for dialogue and reconciliation that exists, despite the recent killing of the former Afghan president who was…

Copenhagen, 29 September 2011 – SRSG Mahiga welcomed the participants of the 20th Meeting of the International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia in Copenhagen, and thanked the Government of Denmark for hosting this important…

KABUL - Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, today spoke to the Security Council at a quarterly meeting on the situation in Afghanistan. Transcript A copy of the Secretary…

New York, 29 September 2011 -The Secretary-General is saddened by the loss of life during the demonstrations that began in Conakry on 27 September. The Secretary-General stresses the importance of allowing peaceful…