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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…

6 July 2011 - The United Nations Security Council is today scheduled to discuss the latest report of the Secretary-General on developments in Afghanistan. Click here for a full copy of the report. Staffan de Mistura, the…

United Nations Secretary-General BAN Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Michael Keating of the United Kingdom as his Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan. Mr Keating will also serve as the United Nations…

KUNDUZ - Kunduz hosted Helmand this week for a friendly football match to improve cultural relations between the southern and northeastern provinces of the country. The Kunduz Shaheens faced the Helmand Yarans in Kunduz…

NEW YORK - An independent United Nations human rights expert today said that the new procedure adopted by the Security Council on the listing of individuals and organizations under the international sanctions regime against…

2 July 2011 - The United Nations will launch on 6 July a joint photo exhibit in the Visitors' Entrance of the United Nations Headquarters in New York entitled 'On the Ground: UN Peace Operations in Darfur and in Afghanistan'…

The theme for this year’s International Day of Cooperatives, “Youth, the Future of Cooperatives”, highlights the enormous value of engaging the energy and drive of young people. In the wake of the global financial and…

1 July 2011 - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is being forced by a funding shortfall to cut its recovery programmes in nearly half of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces, a spokesperson said. “We are having to refocus our activities…

Making education accessible for all will be the focus of a United Nations conference in Geneva next week that will bring together representatives from governments, international organizations, civil society and academia to…

KABUL - I am pleased to greet the Foreign Ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. I thank the government of Kazakhstan for hosting this event. The OIC and the UN share many common goals and maintain a close…