News from our Missions
KABUL - The ECC today reminded all Afghan citizens that the period for challenging nominated candidates and for making changes to the candidate lists is over. Dari - Pashto The ECC continues to be approached to change the…
18 June 2009 - The UN’s seniormost official in Afghanistan, Special Representative Kai Eide, has called for peace to be at the top of the country’s post-election agenda saying that the “quiet sound of dialogue”, not the…
KABUL - Large billboards, posters and all kinds of publicity materials are starting to decorate the famous corners of the streets of Kabul as the elections race gets underway. The official campaign period for Afghanistan’s…
17 June 2009 - Large billboards, posters and all kinds of publicity materials are starting to decorate the famous corners of the streets of Kabul as the elections race gets underway. The official campaign period for…
17 June 2009 - The top United Nations envoy in Afghanistan, Kai Eide is today visiting the eastern province of Nangarhar. He visited a village in Behsood district and heard about a vocational training programme for women…
With 200 million people projected to become environmentally-induced migrants by 2050, land degradation threatens national and regional stability, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, marking the World Day to Combat…
16 June 2009 - A credible commission of inquiry is essential for ending the cycles of violence and impunity in Guinea-Bissau, which has witnessed a spate of political killings over the past several months, Secretary-General…
16 June 2009 - More than one hundred and seventy complaints officers are moving out to the provinces for the forthcoming elections in Afghanistan. The Electoral Complaints Commission has completed a training programme for 176…
Nairobi, 13 May 2009 - The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has accused those who launched the recent attacks on Mogadishu of carrying out an attempted coup d'état to topple a legitimate…
KABUL - The curtains open to applause, giving way to 10 musicians performing, ostensibly, at a wedding. The men and women, all European one judges by their accents, sport salt-and-pepper wigs, glasses with black rims and, for…