NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met today with Afghanistan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah to discuss the work undertaken in the first year of the National Unity Government and the current situation in the country.

NEW YORK - The President of the General Assembly today challenged the United Nations to generate the political will to end conflict and poverty and invest the trillions of dollars that will be needed to build a sustainable global infrastructure over the next 15 years.

NEW YORK - Continued international engagement in Afghanistan is critical to avoid waves of people from leaving the country, United Nations envoy Nicholas Haysom said in a UN radio interview broadcast from New York this week.