News from our Missions
23 December 2010 – The United Nations Human Rights Council today strongly condemned the human rights violations in Côte d'Ivoire, and demanded the protection of civilians and the prosecution of those responsible for abuses in…
20 December 2010 – Rebuffing a demand by Côte d'Ivoire's president that the United Nations mission leave after it certified his electoral defeat, the Security Council today renewed the nearly 9,000-strong force for another…
4 January 2011 - The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) opened its office in the capital Kabul on 2 January. The OIC is the second largest worldwide inter-governmental organization after the United Nations, with 57…
HERAT - Abdul Karim (not his real name) is a nine-year-old Afghan child. He waits under the street traffic light in downtown Herat for the cars to come and cleans their windscreens in the hope of gleaning some money. Abdul is…
KANDAHAR - Daman district, Kandahar - Saffron has been introduced in this southern district in recent months in a pilot project aimed at exploring economic options for farmers as alternatives to poppy crops. The world’s most…
Nairobi, 30 December 2010 – Letter to members of the Somali Diaspora. [Somali]
KABUL - The United Nations in Afghanistan condemns in the strongest terms the roadside bomb incident today in which a civilian bus was struck in Nahr-e-Saraj District in Helmand Province, reportedly resulting in the death of…
BAMYAN - Today the UNAMA human rights team held a public meeting in the capital of the Central Highlands Region to share the results of its December 2010 report on violence against women, titled Harmful Traditional Practices…
New York, 30 December 2010 – The Secretary-General's Report (S/2010/675) provides an update on major developments in Somalia and assesses the political, security, human rights and humanitarian situation as well as progress…
Communiqué on the donation of over 4 million dollars by China to the AU Mission in Somalia. Addis Ababa, 24 December 2010
In the face of increased successes by international forces and the national army in Afghanistan, the Taliban may attempt spectacular attacks in the coming weeks, the top United Nations envoy in the country warned today. “In…