News from our Missions
Despite the weakening and scattering of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), it continued to be one of the gravest violators of children's rights and must be stopped, a top United Nations official said, as she introduced a…
KABUL - A new report by the International Labor Organization (ILO) says employment and decent work need to be made priorities in Afghanistan. The organization said the upcoming Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan should emphasize…
BEIJING, China – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Head of the Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Miroslav Jenča, headed the UN delegation to attend the meeting of the…
delivered by Mr. Miroslav Jenča, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia It is a pleasure to address the Council of Heads of…
KABUL - Employment and decent work must be at the heart of plans for Afghanistan’s social and economic development, according to a new report on employment in the country released by the International Labour Organization (ILO…
KUNDUZ - World Environment Day was celebrated in Kunduz with an unusual group effort to clean city streets. The event, which saw nearly 1,000 residents take to the streets to collect garbage, was organized by civil society…
KABUL - Marking World Environment Day, United Nations officials today highlighted the need for a change in thinking and approach to ensure the sustainability of the Earth’s resources as the world population grows. UN News…
The UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia has issued a new publication on “Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation on Trans-Boundary Water Resources in Central Asia: The Way Forward Following the Sixth…
Istanbul, 1 June 2012 – The Second Istanbul Conference on Somalia, under the theme "Preparing Somalia's Future: Goals for 2015," took place on 31st May and 1st June 2012. Maintaining the multi-dimensional and multi-layered…
KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) expresses its strong concerns that conflict-related violence continues to kill and injure many Afghan women, men and children throughout the country. 2011…