Mogadishu/Addis Ababa – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, condemned the brutal killing of eight traditional elders yesterday in the Bay region of Somalia as well as the…

Addis Ababa – Statement to the 425th meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council by Ambassador Nicholas Kay, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia [AS DELIVERED] Your Excellency…

Statement to the 425th meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council by Ambassador Nicholas Kay, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Addis Ababa, 24 March 2014 [AS DELIVERED] Your…

24 March 2014 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, is on working visit to Tombali region, south Guinea-Bissau, between today and Wednesday, along with a UNIOGBIS…

HERAT - The Department of Agriculture in Herat announced that it has spent about US$12 million in 1392 solar year for completion various development projects.The Director of the Department, Faqir Ahmad Biangar, while speaking…

KABUL - First ever in its kind, a sanatorium for Afghan disabled persons was inaugurated in Herat.The Deputy of Pir-e-Herat Foundation, Sana Mohsini, said that the sanatorium is located in Gazerga area of Herat City and…

20 March 2014 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, today met at UNIOGBIS a five-member delegation of European Union's electoral observers, led by Krystof Lisek…

KABUL - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed a petition, signed by nearly a quarter of a million Afghan women, calling for peace and a cease-fire in the country.In a statement issued on Friday, Mr. Ban’s…

Brazzaville, 21 March 2014 Message delivered by Mr. Babacar Gaye, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA)

The outcome of the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women UN Women welcomes the outcome of the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. The agreement represents a milestone towards a…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns Thursday evening’s deadly attack on a hotel in the capital, Kabul, with officials reporting nine civilian fatalities and several wounded…

NEW YORK - The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest terms the deadly attacks that have killed over 50 civilians in Afghanistan this week. These include a suicide attack on a market in Faryab province, an attack on a…