NEW YORK - The Secretary-General commends women and men of Afghanistan for their courage and determination in exercising their democratic right to vote during the parliamentary elections that, in accordance with the…

KABUL - The United Nations condemns the killings of two polling staff of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) of Afghanistan yesterday, in the Charbolak district of Balk province in the north of the country. We join the…

18 September 2010 - The Secretary-General commends women and men of Afghanistan for their courage and determination in exercising their democratic right to vote during the parliamentary elections that, in accordance with the…

18 September 2010 - Polling centres across Afghanistan for the parliamentary elections closed by 4:30 pm local time on Saturday, according to the Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC), which was responsible for…

18 September 2010 - See the latest election day pictures taken by UNAMA photographers from across the country. ELECTION PHOTOS

17 September 2010 - The United Nations has stepped up its technical and logistical support to Afghan electoral authorities as voters prepare to cast their ballots in Saturday’s parliamentary polls, the world body said today…

18 September 2010 - Afghans began going to the polls this morning at 7 am local time for the start of a day of voting in countrywide parliamentary elections. Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) is responsible…

Dakar, September 17, 2010 – “The Dakar Declaration on the implementation of UN Security Council resolution 1325” and its related regional action plan for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) were adopted…

Dakar, September 17, 2010 – “The Dakar Declaration on the implementation of UN Security Council resolution 1325” and its related regional action plan for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) were adopted…

16 September 2010 - The United Nations condemns the killings of two polling staff of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) of Afghanistan yesterday, in the Charbolak district of Balk province in the north of the country…

16 September 2010 - Staffan de Mistura, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan, today visited the southern city of Kandahar with Abdullah Ahmadzai, Chief Electoral Officer of…

New York, 31 August 2010 – The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack on the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu on 30 August, which resulted in the death of four African Union Mission in…