19 June 2013 – The United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday it was “deeply concerned” over President Hamid Karzai’s appointment of five new commissioners to the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), stressing that selection processes must follow agreed international standards.
|
18 June 2013 – In his latest report on Afghanistan to the United Nations Security Council, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has highlighted a range of issues including an urgent need to finalize electoral legislations and appointments to Afghan electoral institutions for a timely presidential election next year, which will mark the political transition.
|
19 June 2013 -: HPC member, Pakistan welcome the opening of Taliban office in Doha; National Front nods to Taliban office, suggests conditions for its closure; US Special Envoy forAfghanistan and Pakistan heads to Doha for Taliban talks; US officials meet First Vice President and pledge assistance beyond 2014; Dostum supporters stage protest against Jawzjan governor, call for his removal; UN chief says approval of Election Law, appointment of new IEC chief important for political transition; Taliban's office opens in Qatar; Karzai announces fifth phase of security transition; NATO's post-2014 assistance to continue for Afghans - Dunford; Jawzjan governor accuses Dostum of seeking to destabilize north. Read archived headlines
|
17 June 2013 – Top United Nations officials stressed today for a collective action to promote preparedness and resilience to water scarcity, desertification and drought that pose serious threat to Afghanistan.
|
NEW YORK, 13 June 2013 – The Secretary-General [Ban Ki-moon] condemns the suicide attack that took place on 11 June in Kabul on civilian government workers in the environs of the Supreme Court building. The attack, for which the Taliban claimed responsibility, was timed and located to maximise civilian casualties and killed at least 17 civilians, wounding some 40 more.
|
13 June 2013 - UNAMA photographer Fardin Waezi recently spent six months recording the life of Akram, the oldest son of a displaced Afghan family. Presented here is a selection of images from their time together, with the permission of Akram's father, as well as comments from Akram and Mr. Waezi.
|
12 June 2013 – Underage recruitment, killings, abduction and sexual violence are some of the grave violations committed against children in Afghanistan’s armed conflict last year, according to a report of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon which was presented to the Security Council today.
|
12 June 2013 – On the eve of the 100-day countdown to the International Day of Peace on 21 September, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on “everyone – whether governments, parties to conflicts, religious institutions, community leaders, the media, academics, or civil society groups – to play their part” in creating a universal culture of peace.
|
12 June 2013 – The United Nations Security Council has condemned “in the strongest terms” a terrorist attack carried out by a Taliban suicide bomber in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, that killed at least 17 civilians and injured another 40, many of them women and children.
|
KABUL, 11 June 2013 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns in the strongest terms today’s attack against civilian government workers in the capital, Kabul, which killed at least 17 civilians and injured 40.
|
|
|