NEW YORK - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held meetings with H.E. Mr. Asylbek Jeenbekov, Speaker of the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic, H.E. Mr. Rashid Meredov, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister for…

Mogadishu, 28 September 2012 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga, is shocked and alarmed by the recent wave of journalist killings in Mogadishu over the last few days…

27 September 2012 – What can be done by the United Nations to help improve parity in Burundi? How can the UN support peace mechanisms and security at local level? These are some questions asked by Burundian women to the…

Beirut, Lebanon Thursday, 27 September 2012 United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly today visited the Bekaa Valley to examine the situation along Lebanon’s borders with Syria and the conditions of…

BAMYAN - Members of the civil society of Dai Kundi and Bamyan provinces engaged in a lively radio round-table discussion recently on the salient points of the law on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW), plus the…

Communiqué of the Secretary-General's Mini-Summit on Somalia.

HELMAND - As the new Governor of Helmand province assumed office today, he promised to maintain security and root out corruption. Speaking at a ceremony organized to welcome the new Governor, Major General Mohammad Naem…

26 September 2012 - A UNAMA photographer is back in Kabul after showing, through his images, the everyday life of the Afghan people. The images were put on display from 14 to 22 September at a gallery in Melbourne. Click here…

NEWYORK - In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly’s high-level debate in New York yesterday, the President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, highlighted his nation as a testament to the “benefits of multi-lateral…

NEW YORK - As the high-level debate at the United Nations General Assembly began today in New York, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was “profoundly concerned about continued violence” in Afghanistan and the Democratic…

KUNDUZ - The Kunduz Provincial Peace Committee, in collaboration with the United Nations, organized a poetry event under the title “Peace and National Unity Evening Poetry” at Kunduz University yesterday. Around 200…