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Despite end-of-year decline, 2011 food prices highest on record – UN

NEWYORK - Global food prices declined in December, but the overall annual average was the highest ever on record, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today.

15 Jan 2012

Afghan opium prices soar as production rises

KABUL - The full Afghan Opium Survey for 2011 points to a dramatic increase of 133 per cent in the farm-gate value of opium compared with 2010 (the summary findings of the survey were issued in September 2011).

15 Jan 2012

UN food agency launches initiative to fight hunger in Afghan cities

KABUL - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today a new food subsidy initiative geared towards providing Afghanistan’s urban poor with guaranteed access to provisions despite the threat of food insecurity across the country.

05 Jan 2012

This week's UN-supported TV and radio programmes on Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA)

KABUL - Coming up this week on RTA-UN television programmes CSA: Crime Scene Afghanistan and Mirror of the City, and radio's Afghanistan Emroz.

CSA: Crime Scene Afghanistan

05 Jan 2012

UN urges transparent and consultative process in appointment of Human Rights Commissioners

KABUL - The United Nations welcomes actions by the Government of Afghanistan and civil society to ensure appropriately qualified commissioners are appointed to the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) through a transparent and consultative process, the United N

02 Jan 2012

UN urges transparent and consultative process in appointment of Human Rights Commissioners

02 Jan 2012

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