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UNAMA support efforts to guarantee the respect for human rights.

Security Council debate on the Situation in Afghanistan

UNAMA supports efforts to achieve peace and stability in Afghanistan.

UN conducts extensive development and humanitarian work in Afghanistan

UNAMA conducts local peace initiatives aimed at ending conflicts across the country.

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KABUL/NEW YORK - The following is a transcript of a briefing by video-conference to the United Nations Security Council by the Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and OIC UNAMA, Ms. Ingrid Hayden on the situation in Afghanistan.

31 Mar 2020

SRSG Yamamoto op-ed: The time has come to close the gender gap in Afghanistan

KABUL - Gender inequality is the injustice of our age and one of the biggest human rights challenges we face. But gender equality offers solutions to some of the most intractable problems in Afghanistan.

07 Mar 2020

Community leaders in Afghanistan’s southeast strategize on human rights

GHAZNI - The important role of community leaders in promoting and protecting human rights was the focus of a UN-backed event in Afghanistan’s southeast province of Ghazni.

05 Feb 2020

Youth in Afghanistan’s northeast call for inclusion in peace efforts, decision-making

KUNDUZ - The crucial role that youth can play in promoting peace, security and stability in Afghanistan was reinforced at UN-backed events in the northeast through 2019, enabling hundreds of young people to make their voices heard on some of the country’s most pressing issues.

03 Feb 2020

Women’s essential role in peace efforts spotlighted in southeastern events

KHOST - The crucial importance of Afghan women’s meaningful participation in peace efforts, locally and nationally, was the focus of two UN-backed events in the southeast capital of Khost province.

30 Jan 2020

Khost leaders advocate for the rights of children in armed conflict

KHOST - The abuse and recruitment of children in the Afghanistan remains a reality that must be challenged, said participants at a UN-backed event in the southeast province of Khost.

26 Jan 2020

Afghanistan joins UN75 dialogue, the biggest-ever global conversation on world's future

KABUL - Kicking off the world’s biggest listening exercise in Afghanistan, a group of youth representatives met in Kabul this week and shared their hopes and fears as part of the global UN75 initiative to create a collective vision for world’s future.

23 Jan 2020

Samangan provincial authorities and media forge ties to improve access to information

AIBAK – In a bid to improve access to information, the provincial government and media in the northern province of Samangan have forged closer ties.

19 Jan 2020

Religious leaders efforts to foster peace reinforced

KANDAHAR – Efforts by religious and community leaders to foster peace and reconciliation in the country’s south and nationwide were reinforced by a series of UN-backed events through 2019 enabling hundreds of Ulema and tribal elders to discuss best approaches in trying circumsta

15 Jan 2020

Women as pioneers of peace – Participants at Herat event adopt declaration demanding role in Afghan peace efforts

HERAT – Under the header of ‘Women as pioneers for peace’, attendees at a meeting on the role of women in peace adopted a declaration calling for the substantive involvement and participation of women in bringing peace to Afghanistan.

13 Jan 2020