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Celebration of World Press Freedom Day in Afghanistan - 08 May 2011
KABUL - The World Press Freedom Day, was celebrated today in Kabul in International Press Center of Ministry of Information and Culture, to highlight and recognize the most important achievement of the post-Taliban democracy…
Statement by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon following the news of Osama bin Laden’s death
2 May 2011 - Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. The death of Osama bin Laden, announced by President [Barack] Obama last night, is a watershed moment in our common global fight against terrorism. The crimes of Al Qaeda…
Statement by UN Security Council President Nestor Osorio (Colombia)
1 April 2011 - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the violent attack against the United Nations operations centre in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, on 1 April 2011, which…
Secretary-General statement concerning the attack against the UNAMA compound in Mazar-e-Sharif
1 April 2011 - I condemn in the strongest terms the outrageous and cowardly attack against the United Nations office in Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan. Our reports are still preliminary, but it appears that three United…
Statement attributable to UNAMA Spokesperson Dan McNorton
1 April 2011 - "We can confirm that the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) operations centre in Mazar-e-Sharif, in northern Afghanistan has been attacked today following a demonstration. We can also…
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
26 January 2011 - The Secretary-General welcomes the inauguration earlier today of the Wolesi Jirga, the Lower House of the Afghan Parliament, presided over by President Hamid Karzai. Dari- Pashto The inauguration marks the…
UN Security Council press statement on Afghanistan
NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council heard a briefing today by the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, received an assessment of the situation in Afghanistan…
Statement by Staffan de Mistura on the final certification of election results
1 December 2010 - The United Nations strongly welcomes today's announcement by Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) of the completion of the final certification of the results of the 18 September Wolesi Jirga…
Statement by Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General:
On certification of final results by Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission 24 November 2010 - The United Nations strongly welcomes today's certification of the final results for 34 out of the 35 constituencies in the…
Staffan de Mistura Statement on establishing new UNAMA operations centre in Kabul
6 November 2010 - Today the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) established a new operations centre in the capital Kabul. This new centre will be the hub of UNAMA's mission, and will enable us to increase…