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13 July 2011 - Schools and hospitals must remain zones of peace to be respected by all conflict actors the United Nations Security Council ruled Tuesday in a new resolution intended to protect children and young adults caught…

NEWYORK - The Security Council today, recognizing schools and hospitals as safe havens for children, called for all parties to conflict that attack such facilities to be held accountable and that they be added to the list…

Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. President, thank you for convening this timely conversation. Special thanks also to our distinguished guests from regional and sub-regional…

KABUL - Afghanistan is struggling to improve health conditions for women, but indicators released recently show the country has the highest maternal mortality risk and the lowest female life expectancy in the world. According…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and Mine Action Coordination Centre for Afghanistan (MACCA) condemn in strongest terms the brutal killing of four deminers from the Demining Agency for…

NEW YORK - The everyday life of Afghan people living in the midst of conflict is the focus of a new photography exhibition currently on display at the United Nations Visitors Lobby in New York. “Afghanistan: Everyday in the…

KABUL - Although Afghanistan has suffered through years of war, the Afghan people prove that the spirit of Afghanistan is still very much alive. This is the message the Afghanistan Ambassador to the United Nations Mr. Zahir…

10 July 2011 – A new library for the library of Law Faculty of Kunduz University was officially inaugurated at a ceremony attended on Saturday. In attendance were Kunduz University professors and staff from UNAMA and GIZ, the…

The transition towards greater Afghan leadership and ownership is on track, the top United Nations envoy to the country reported today, while adding that the process must not just be about security but also be linked to…

6 July 2011 - Only 48 percent of Afghanistan’s population have access to safe drinking water and only 37 percent use improved sanitation facilities - with serious health implications, especially for children, according to the…

A photographic exhibition entitled “On the Ground: UN Peace Operations in Darfur and in Afghanistan” opens today at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. A collaboration between the United Nations Assistance Mission in…

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today launches a joint photographic exhibition at the United Nations Headquarters in New York…