8 May 2012 - As negotiations towards finding a solution to the political crisis in Guinea-Bissau continue, the Security Council today reiterated its readiness to consider targeted sanctions against those involved in last…

MAZAR - The United Nations has distributed humanitarian aid to 175 internally displaced families in the northern province of Balkh who were forced to leave their home due to ongoing drought and insecurity. The families from…

KANDAHAR - Shortage of opium in the markets of Helmand and Kandahar provinces has increased the demand and prices have gone up. The key reasons for shortage in the market are government’s eradication programme and weak poppy…

KABUL - A young couple from different backgrounds question the marriages their parents have arranged. A taxi driver who has been shuttling through Kabul since the time of the King reflects on changes in the capital and relies…

KABUL - Last year a group of conservationists set up a camera in a hard-to-reach valley of the Central Highlands region. Their camera was connected to sensors which could detect movement and would take photos when there was…

She will replace Ms. Ellen Margrethe Løj of Denmark, who completed her assignment in January 2012. The Secretary-General is grateful for Ms. Løj's dedicated service and important contribution to the Liberian peace process…

KABUL – Reviving a thousand year-old tradition, Afghan youth in the central highlands gathered this week in the caves at the site of the Buddhas of Bamyan to learn stone carving. The dozen students from local schools and…

Mogadishu, 8 May 2012 – The thirteenth session of the Joint Security Committee (JSC) was held in Mogadishu from 7 to 8 May 2012. The Committee was co-chaired by His Excellency Dr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, Prime Minister of the…

7 May 2012 - The current political crisis in Guinea-Bissau is worsening the living conditions of its citizens, the Secretary-General's Special Representative in the West African country, Joseph Mutaboba, Monday said…

NEW YORK - The United Nations is determined to do everything possible to assist societies torn by war from sliding back into conflict, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told an audience in the United States capital today, adding…

4 May 2012 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Dr. Augustine Mahiga, sends his congratulations to the Somali people and to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) on the inaugural…

ANKARA, Turkey – On 2-4 May, Deputy Head of UNRCCA, Fedor Klimchuk, participated in the workshop "Mutually Acceptable Mechanism for Integrated Use of Water Resources in Central Asia through Applying a Scenario Approach". The…