News from our Missions
SRSG's speech on the joint celebration of International Day of Rural Women, the World Food Day and International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
KABUL - An apple from Paradise is an award winning film on the frantic search of a beleaguered father to find his son, who is a madressa student and has been tasked by his masters to commit a suicide attack against the…
KABUL - With winter approaching, the top Afghan agricultural official said more than the usual 30 per cent of the population is expected to fall under the poverty line due to a poor harvest spurred by dry conditions, rising…
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan On 18 October, Miroslav Jenča, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of UNRCCA, congratulated the President and the people of Turkmenistan with the 20th Anniversary of the…
Dakar, 14 October 2011 - The United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA) held the ninth periodic consultation with the Heads of the Regional Offices of the United Nations (UN) agencies in West Africa. The meeting was…
New York, 11 October 2011 - The Secretary-General welcomes the smooth holding of the presidential and legislative elections in Liberia today. He commends the people of Liberia for exercising their right to vote in a calm and…
KABUL - For decades the United Nations has worked to free people from poverty. We have made great progress — but today those gains are in doubt. Too many people are living in fear: Fear of losing their jobs; Fear of not being…
KABUL - This year’s International Day of Rural Women falls at a time of heightened awareness of the important contribution women are making to social progress. Women have been rightly recognized for their role in supporting…
BAMYAN - Afghanistan’s only Olympian athlete today urged Bamyan youth to keep playing for peace during the final match of the month-long Bamyan Peace Day Football Tournament. Taekwondo champion Rohullah Nikpa, who also served…
NEWYORK - The cultivation in Afghanistan of opium poppies – the crop used to make heroin and other drugs – has increased by seven per cent this year because of continued insecurity and higher prices, a United Nations-backed…