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UN Country Team meets with southern region governors

KANDAHAR - The UN Country Team, led by UN envoy Mark Bowden, met this week in Kandahar with provincial governors along with civil society and other partners to assess the security, development, the humanitarian situation.

12 May 2016

UN rights experts condemn the execution of six persons without fair trial guarantees

GENEVA - Two United Nations human rights experts today condemned the execution of six alleged members of illegal armed groups in Afghanistan for “serious crimes and crimes against civilians,” despite the absence of fair trial guarantees and the continued practice of torture to ob

10 May 2016

Statement on Afghanistan executions by the spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

GENEVA - We regret the execution on Sunday, 8 May, of six people in Afghanistan, amid persisting serious concerns about compliance with fair trial standards, and reports about the widespread use of torture and ill-treatment as a means of extracting confessions.

10 May 2016

Empowering media professionals in Afghanistan’s east the focus of UN-backed event

JALALABAD - Empowering journalists and strengthening a free press were key topics at a UN-backed event in Jalalabad recently, bringing together media professionals from across the eastern region.

10 May 2016

Op-ed - Refugees and migrants: A crisis of solidarity

NEW YORK - This September, the United Nations General Assembly will bring together world leaders to address one of the leading challenges of our time: responding to large movements of refugees and migrants.

09 May 2016

UNAMA statement on executions carried out in Kabul today

KABUL - In line with the continued call of the United Nations for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, UNAMA regrets the execution of six alleged perpetrators of serious crimes and crimes against civilians.

08 May 2016

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