KABUL - Press conference in Kabul by UN Agencies UNFPA and UNEP and Afghanistan's National Environment Protection Agency. ARIE HOEKMAN, COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE FOR UNFPA (UN POPULATION FUND) On 19 November 2009 the 2009 State…

On 7 December 2009, SRSG Ould-Abdallah attended the 33rd session of IGAD's ministerial meeting in Djibouti. The SRSG used the occasion to appeal to the international community to enhance its support to the Government of…

Nairobi, 03 December 2009 – The African Union Mission in Somalia, the European Union, the InterGovernmental Authority on Development, the League of Arab States, Norway, the United Nations and the United States condemn in the…

4 December 2009 - A new plan to double the number of places at Afghanistan’s universities has been launched in Kabul. The plan aims to build a high quality, internationally recognized and well-managed public and private…

Nairobi, 03 December 2009 – The African Union Mission in Somalia, the European Union, the Inter Governmental Authority on Development, the League of Arab States, Norway, the United Nations and the United States condemn in the…

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The Secretary-General condemns today's suicide attack at a graduation ceremony for medical students in Mogadishu.

Following the suicide attack at the Shamow Hotel in Mogadishu on Thursday 3 December 2009, UNPOS and UNSOA set up a task force to assist in the medical evacuation of critically injured patients to provide medical care in…

The Security Council condemns "in the strongest terms" today's terrorist attack in Mogadishu, Somalia, which killed and injured innocent civilians at a graduation ceremony for Somali medical students.

Nairobi, 03 December 2009 – The African Union Mission in Somalia, the European Union, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the League of Arab States, Norway, the United Nations and the United States condemn in the…

KABUL - Violence targeting women and girls is widespread and deeply rooted in Afghan society, a report by the Human Rights branch of the UN Mission to Afghanistan recently revealed.

2 December 2009 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the new United States plan for Afghanistan announced by President Barack Obama, and said the United Nations remains committed to supporting a transition to…