News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
22 March 2011 – Skiing competitions and snow races are underway today in the Koshak Valley in Bamyan where the province is wrapping up its annual Nowruz festival. Hundreds of residents yesterday celebrated the start of Afghan…
22 March 2011 - As the world charts a more sustainable future, the crucial interplay among water, food and energy is one of the most formidable challenges we face. Without water there is no dignity and no escape from poverty…
21 March 2011 - Nowruz has special meaning for many peoples in the Balkans, the Black Sea and Caspian Sea regions, the Caucasus, Central and South Asia, and the Middle East. Celebrated for millennia, the holiday is associated…
21 March 2011 – A top United Nations official today called on countries to rethink the global strategy on drug control in light of the diverse and complex challenges that drugs pose for public health, security and development…
KABUL - Afghans across the country today marked the start of Persian Year 1390 and the first day of spring by visiting relatives, eating traditional foods and enjoying cultural events on what is the beginning of the solar…
21 March 2011 - On behalf of the UN family I wish the people of Afghanistan a very happy Nowruz. May this year bring you health, prosperity and happiness. May this year above all bring you peace. May fighting end. May the…
18 March 2011 – The United Nations today appealed to the world community to make up a huge shortfall in this year’s nearly half-billion-dollar programme to clean up mines and other remnants of war, which claim thousands of…
March 20 - Stability in the central province of Ghor could be at risk if its development priorities are not addressed, warned the provincial governor in a one-day forum that brought together local and central government…
17 March 2011 – With its 30 agencies, funds and programmes providing aid in every one of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces, the United Nations stands ready to support the country’s assumption of the lead role in all aspects of…
16 March 2011 – Highlighting the growing nexus between global criminal acts, including drug trafficking and money laundering, and terrorism, a top United Nations official today called for boosting efforts to tackle these…