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NEW YORK - The Security Council discussed the situation in Afghanistan today, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressing the twin needs to strengthen the Government’s role while coordinating “broader and more effective”…

NEW YORK - Afghanistan will remain a priority for the United Nations in 2010, the Secretary-General told the Security Council on Wednesday. Despite the flawed elections and the deteriorating security situation, Ban Ki-moon…

NEW YORK - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's briefing to the Security Council on Afghanistan. Mr. President, Excellencies, Let me begin by offering my warmest greetings for the New Year, 2010. I hope and trust that it will…

NEW YORK - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, his Special Representative for Afghanistan Kai Eide, and Afghanistan's Ambassador to the United Nations in New York Zahir Tanin, have been addressing the Security Council. Full…

KABUL - UNAMA reviews 2009 in Afghanistan with a series of articles looking back. Of the seven years that the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has been in existence, 2009 would probably qualify as the…

KABUL - Dozens of United Nations personnel made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty last year with at least 28 civilian staff members and seven peacekeeping troops killed in deadly attacks, the world body’s staff union…

6 January 2010 - The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Kai Eide, will address the United Nations Security Council in New York today, on his expectations for Afghanistan in the next six to nine…

6 January 2010 - By January 2010, the World Bank had 24 active projects in Afghanistan with net commitments of over US$ 886 million. Download the Quarterly Country Update

NEW YORK - The head of the UN Mission in Afghanistan is calling for a transition strategy for the country that addresses both military and civilian objectives.

5 January 2010 - UNICEF’s 2010 priorities are Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH); Education; Child Protection; Health; Nutrition; and Programme Communication. UNICEF Afghanistan 2010 Priorities

KABUL - As temperatures drop around the country, United Nations agencies, their partners, and the Afghan Government, are working together to provide relief supplies to help some 200,000 vulnerable people cope with the harsh…

4 January 2010 - There is currently no indication of an early improvement in the security situation in Afghanistan, which deteriorated last year – dramatically so in Kabul, the capital – and a better coordinated international…