NEW YORK - A UN survey says that Afghanistan, the world's biggest producer of opium, is now also the global leader when it comes to the production of hashish.

1 April 2010 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the military and political leadership of Guinea-Bissau to resolve their differences peacefully and to maintain constitutional order and the rule of law, after military…

1 April 2010 - The Secretary-General is following with concern the military incidents in Guinea-Bissau involving the detention and subsequent release of the Prime Minister. He calls on the military and political leadership of…

1 April 2010 - Rear Admiral Bubo Na Tchuto today voluntarily left the UN premises in Bissau where he has been for the past 94 days. Bubo Na Tchuto left the premises shortly before 11h30. Before his departure, the Rear Admiral…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan SG: I am very pleased to visit this National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights, and I have complimented President Berdimuhamedov's reform policies on major areas of mutual concern, particularly in…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan [Secretary-General's remarks only] I would like to thank President Berdimuhamedov and the people of Turkmenistan for their warmth and hospitality. The President and I have just concluded very…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan SG: Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. It is a great pleasure for me to have a brief press stakeout and I am very pleased to visit Central Asia, starting from Turkmenistan. I am very impressed by what…

1 April 2010 - The traditional annual “Narinj Gul” or Orange Blossom Festival has been marked in Jalalabad today. More than ten thousand people joined the event which has celebrated Afghan poetry and writing for more than 60…

KABUL - The top United Nations official in Afghanistan has condemned an attack by gunmen against a German aid agency in the east of the country that killed a local engineer and severely injured an international aid worker…

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New York, 1 April 2010 - The Secretary-General is following with concern the military incidents in Guinea-Bissau involving the detention and subsequent release of the Prime Minister. He calls on the military and political…

KABUL - Today UNODC releases its first-ever Afghanistan Cannabis Survey showing that the world’s biggest producer of opium is also a major producer of cannabis. Full report Way down from the earlier figure of 70,000 hectares…