News from our Missions
HERAT - Residents of Kohsan, Ghoryan and Gulran districts, bordering with Iran, staged a demonstration in Herat city yesterday to condemn the fatal shooting by Iranian forces of 13 Afghans accused of smuggling drugs…
New York, 9 October 2012 - The Secretary-General announced today the appointment of Mr. Romano Prodi of Italy as his Special Envoy for the Sahel. The Secretary-General looks forward to Mr. Prodi’s leadership in shaping and…
New York, 18 November 2012 - The Secretary-General congratulates the people of Sierra Leone for the peaceful and largely orderly elections held yesterday. The high voter turnout and the remarkable calm displayed by the…
New York, 10 October 2012 - On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the border between Cameroon and Nigeria, the Secretary-General commends the commitment of the…
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan – On 19-20 November, a two-day seminar entitled "Mutually acceptable mechanism on integrated use of water resources in Central Asia through applying a scenario approach" took place in Ashgabat…
KANDAHAR – Local officials of Helmand Province vowed to protect the rights of women, even though, there are less number of cases of violence against women registered in Helmand province. Speaking at a meeting attended by…
KANDAHAR – Residents of Ghorak district of Kandahar province claimed that the Taliban have cut off their supply lines in Ghorak district, resulting in several problems for the local population. According to the locals, Ghorak…
FARYAB - Faryab Provincial Government asked, in a press release on Saturday, all the residents of the province who still hold unauthorized weapons and firearms, to hand over them to police. The Provincial Government also…
New York - The Secretary-General congratulates the people of Sierra Leone for the peaceful and largely orderly elections held yesterday. The high voter turnout and the remarkable calm displayed by the country's citizens as…
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday congratulated the people of Sierra Leone for the peaceful and orderly elections held yesterday, the first to be run entirely by the Government since the end of the West African nation's…
As Sierra Leone heads towards its third national elections since the end of its civil war, the top United Nations envoy in the West African country today urged voters to refrain from election-related violence, noting that the…