Press Releases

  • UNAMA welcomes release of preliminary results from presidential polls
    26 Apr 2014 - KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) welcomes today's release of preliminary results from the country’s Presidential elections as an important step towards next month's scheduled announcement of final results from the 5 April poll. “The Afghan...
  • UNAMA condemns hospital killings
    25 Apr 2014 - KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns the killing of three civilians by a gunman yesterday at a private hospital in Kabul. All three slain were foreigners who selflessly helped people of Afghanistan in need of medical assistance. The...
  • UNAMA welcomes steps to increase transparency of electoral process
    23 Apr 2014 - KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) encourages steps taken by Afghan electoral institutions to continuously increase transparency around the counting of votes from the country’s Presidential elections. “The Afghan electoral institutions should...
  • UNAMA urges engagement and inclusion of women in political process
    21 Apr 2014 - KABUL - The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ján Kubiš, highlights the importance of continued meaningful engagement and inclusion of women in Afghanistan’s political processes. Speaking after a meeting with Afghan women parliamentarians, he...
  • UNAMA urges support for Afghan electoral bodies and human rights commission
    16 Apr 2014 - KABUL - The top United Nations official in Afghanistan today stressed the need to support the country’s two national electoral institutions – the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) – and to safeguard the impartiality...

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