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Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs

News from our Missions

19 August 2009 - “Can you help me choose a good person as president?” asks a woman voter in a blue burqa to the ballot paper issuer at a mock polling station. “No, we cannot tell you who to vote for. This is your decision,”…
19 August 2009 - “Can you help me choose a good person as president?” asks a woman voter in a blue burqa to the ballot paper issuer at a mock polling station. “No, we cannot tell you who to vote for. This is your decision,”…
BALKH - Election fever is sweeping the north of the country from Balkh to Jawzjan, Faryab and Sar-i-Pul. This election will be decisive for the future of Afghanistan, everybody knows it. But the main question remains: Who’s…
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13 August 2009 - Six weeks after the launch of the EU EOM and one week before Election Day for the Presidential and Provincial Council Elections in Afghanistan, the Mission would like to emphasise three key points. The EU EOM…
18 August 2009 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced his deep distress at the news that two United Nations staff members were among those killed in today’s suicide bombing in Kabul, which reportedly killed at least seven…