News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
3 May 2009 - On World Press Freedom Day, the UN High Commissioner for Human Right, Navi Pillay, and the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue…
30 April 2009 - United Nations agencies and their partners are assisting the Government of Afghanistan in responding to flash floods, landslides and earthquakes which have struck various parts of the country in recent days…
KABUL - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will be supporting the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) to organise a 3-day training and consultation workshop in Kabul from 3-5 May 2009. English - Dari…
BAMYAN - People from the ancient city of Bamyan, the government and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have joined together to build a new maternity ward in Bamyan’s provincial hospital. Government officials, members…
29 April 2009 - It is a rainy day in Kabul. The journey for Khial Baboo through muddy and unpaved roads on the outskirts of Kabul is an exhausting one. Besides she has been carrying her grandchild who is seriously ill to the…
27 April 2009 - A United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) dairy project, which has boosted the incomes of 1,600 families fivefold, is among the success stories coming out of Afghanistan, the agency said today…
ALMATY, Kazakhstan - "My Special Representative on Central Asia, Mr. Miroslav Jenča and the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy are ready to help you to find a long-term solution to many issues and offer intermediary…
ALMATY, 28 April 2009 delivered by Mr. Miroslav Jenca, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia I would like to extend my sincere…
Any solution to the disappearance of Central Asia's Aral Sea, which has shrunk by 70 per cent in recent decades, must recognize the importance of regional cooperation and the struggle against climate change, Secretary-General…
KABUL - Transcript of press conference by Wael Haj-Ibrahim, Head of Office, UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Afghanistan, and Sheilagh Henry, Acting Field Coordinator, UN Office for the Coordination of…