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UN agencies assist vulnerable families prepare for winter in south-eastern Afghanistan

PAKTYA - In south-eastern Afghanistan, United Nations relief agencies have started distributing aid items as part of efforts to reach 1,800 families vulnerable to the dangers associated with the country’s harsh winter.

12 Dec 2013

UN official praises efforts to develop national youth policy for Afghanistan, pledges support

KABUL - Addressing a conference in Kabul today, a senior United Nations official praised efforts to develop a youth policy for Afghanistan, and emphasized the international community’s support for its implementation.

10 Dec 2013

On Human Rights Day, UN highlights 20 years of progress as well as challenges ahead

KABUL - The United Nations is observing Human Rights Day around the world today by recognizing human rights achievements made over the past two decades since the adoption of the landmark Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action

10 Dec 2013

Afghan authorities launch UN-supported project targeting corruption in key government bodies

KABUL - Coinciding with International Anti-Corruption Day, Afghan authorities today launched a United Nations-backed anti-corruption project aimed at supporting efforts to strengthen administrative systems and improve the technical capacity of key government institutions, as well

09 Dec 2013

Sweden to provide $9.3 million to UN-backed literacy programme in Afghanistan

KABUL - The Government of Sweden will provide a grant of close to $10 million for a United Nations-backed programme aimed at improving literacy rates in Afghanistan.

09 Dec 2013

UN report finds mixed results on implementation of Afghanistan’s EVAW law over past year

KABUL - Afghan authorities registered more reports of violence against women under the law on the Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW law) over the past year, but prosecutions and convictions under the law remained low, with most cases settled by mediation, according to U

08 Dec 2013

UN envoy tells NATO meeting that despite challenges, progress being made in Afghanistan

KABUL - While challenges remain, Afghanistan is making progress in its political and security transitions, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ján Kubiš, told a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) meeting in Brussels this week.

05 Dec 2013

UNAMA donates 12 vehicles to Afghan electoral bodies

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today donated 12 vehicles to Afghanistan’s electoral bodies – the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC).

04 Dec 2013

UN-supported agricultural cooperatives help change lives of women in Afghan province

BADAKHSHAN - United Nations-supported local agricultural projects that encourage women to engage in collective farming are changing the lives of hundreds of women in the north-eastern Afghan province of Badakhshan, according to UN and government officials as well as beneficiaries

03 Dec 2013

On World AIDS Day, UN and Afghan officials highlight need to control HIV infection

KABUL - United Nations agencies today joined Afghan health authorities at a ceremony in the capital, Kabul, to highlight the issue of HIV/AIDS and measures to control its infection rate in Afghanistan, where open discussion on HIV infection is still considered a taboo.

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