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KABUL - The UN Security Council session on the situation in Afghanistan is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 2 March, 10.00 New York time (19:30 Kabul local time) and can be followed live at http://webtv.un.org The…

NEW YORK - The latest quarterly report by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the situation in Afghanistan and the activities of the United Nations in the country is now available. Read the full report by the Secretary…

NEW YORK - The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, today briefed the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan. Read the Security Council briefing by SRSG Lyons Read the Security…

Mr. President, Excellencies, Six months after the takeover by the Taliban, Afghanistan is hanging by a thread. For Afghans, daily life has become a frozen hell. They’re in the grips of another brutal winter of blistering wind…

KABUL - Statement by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ms. Deborah Lyons Afghanistan Economic Conference – A New Beginning, 19 January 2022 Excellencies, I congratulate you for the initiative of…

NEW YORK - Ladies and gentlemen of the media, good morning. Allow me a few words on the nightmare unfolding in Afghanistan. We are in a race against time to help the Afghan people. Just two days ago, the United Nations…

KABUL - Marking International Human Rights Day, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) underscores the significance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its real importance for Afghanistan, calling upon…

KABUL - The United Nations remains committed to the people of Afghanistan and will continue to support their efforts to build an inclusive, just and peaceful society, said Under-Secretary-General for Political and…

KABUL - On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW), the United Nations in Afghanistan calls on everyone for concrete actions to end violence against women. Gender-based violence continues to…

Briefing to the United Nations Security Council by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ms. Deborah Lyons New York, 17 November 2021 [as delivered] * * * Mr. President, Thank you so much for this…

NEW YORK - The Secretary-General strongly condemns the despicable attack today on the Imam Baragah mosque in Kandahar City, Afghanistan. The Secretary General expresses his deep condolences to the bereaved families and wishes…

Thank you very much for your presence. Exactly four weeks after the humanitarian conference in Geneva, the humanitarian crisis is growing in Afghanistan — and so is the United Nations response to deliver for the Afghan people…