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Enduring partnership with Afghans celebrated at UN event in Herat
HERAT - The work of empowered Afghans improving their province with the support of the United Nations was the focus of a UN-backed event in the capital of the western province of Herat.
Some 200 people, including students and academics, along with UN officials, gathered at Kahkashan Sharq University in Herat city to talk about the work of the world body and its partners in the country.
The United Nations in Afghanistan recently completed a country-wide campaign to commemorate the UN’s 70th anniversary and its partnerships in the country.
At the Kabul photo exhibit that began the campaign, Nicholas Haysom, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and head of UNAMA, said Afghanistan has been an “active, full and vibrant member of the United Nations almost since the beginning of the United Nations.”
The envoy said the UN’s 70th anniversary in Afghanistan is marked by celebrating “the work of ordinary Afghans, although they are also extraordinary Afghans.”
He said the Afghan professionals featured in the exhibit represent activities that stretch across the full diversity of UN engagement in Afghanistan: “Their work best expresses our ideals. Their work is a credit to them and to Afghanistan.”
More importantly, he went on to say, their work recognizes that the UN can do nothing except through its capacity to work with and through Afghans. Mr. Haysom said the UN intends to stay in Afghanistan for as long as it will take for Afghans to accomplish their aspirations – a stable and prosperous Afghanistan.
Information about the campaign and all the Afghan professionals featured in the photo exhibit, which travelled to several cities across Afghanistan, is available on UNAfghanistan.org.
UNAMA is a political mission that provides political good offices in Afghanistan; works with and supports the government; supports the process of peace and reconciliation; monitors and promotes human rights and the protection of civilians in armed conflict; promotes good governance; and encourages regional cooperation.
