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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.
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
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
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.
KABUL - Below is the near verbatim transcript of the press conference given by the Director of Human Rights, Georgette Gagnon on the launch of UNAMA's report on implementation of the Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW) law on 8 December 2013.
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, a UN report to