KABUL - At a meeting held to discuss the challenges facing Afghan women journalists, the United Nations envoy for Afghanistan assured them of the world body’s continued support for the right of women to participate in two of…
Geneva, 28 March 2013 - The twenty-first session of the Follow-up Committee to monitor the implementation of the Greentree Agreement on the Bakassi Peninsula was held in Geneva on 28 March 2013. It was led by Said Djinnit…
Tripoli , 24 March 2013 - Following reports circulated in the past week, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) issued the following clarification: 1. On 14 March 2013, the United Nations Security Council…
KABUL - Participants at a one-day conference in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, today called for the country’s political parties to improve their image as a whole, as many people do not have full confidence in the parties’…
PAKTYA - The percentage of child deaths in Paktya, Khost and Paktika provinces has decreased compared to previous years, an official said on Monday. In the Afghan year of 1391, there were 29 deaths and 79 cases of children…
HELMAND - A range of United Nations-provided food aid and relief items is being distributed in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. The items – supplied by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the Office of the UN High…
11 March 2013 – The United Nations Secretary-General today commended Burundian political actors' commitment to dialogue as all political parties met in the country's capital, Bujumbura, for the first time since 2010, to…
Conakry, 20 March 2013 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for West Africa, Said Djinnit attended, in Conakry, the opening ceremony of a technical workshop supporting the peace and…
KUNDUZ - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) trained a group of thirteen local journalists belonging to different media organizations in Kunduz on the skills of photography. During the three and half…
KUNDUZ - Six women poets from Badakhshan were given awards for their creativity in poetry and literature. The awards were given away by the Chairperson of Women Affairs Commission in the Lower House of Afghan Parliament, Ms…