02 Mar 2022 - Briefing to the United Nations Security Council by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ms. Deborah Lyons New...
02 Feb 2022 - NEW YORK - The latest quarterly report by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the situation in Afghanistan and the activities of the United Nations in the country is now available....
26 Jan 2022 - Mr. President, Excellencies,Six months after the takeover by the Taliban, Afghanistan is hanging by a thread.For Afghans, daily life has become a frozen hell.They’re in the grips of another brutal winter of blistering wind, cold and snow.Families huddle in makeshift tents under...
13 Jan 2022 - NEW YORK - Ladies and gentlemen of the media, good morning. Allow me a few words on the nightmare unfolding in Afghanistan.
We are in a race against time to help the Afghan people.
Just two days ago, the United Nations launched our largest-ever humanitarian appeal for a single...
10 Dec 2021 - KABUL - Marking International Human Rights Day, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) underscores the significance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its real importance for Afghanistan, calling...
09 Dec 2021 - KABUL - The United Nations remains committed to the people of Afghanistan and will continue to support their efforts to build an inclusive, just and peaceful society, said Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo today as she ended a...
25 Nov 2021 - KABUL - On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW), the United Nations in Afghanistan calls on everyone for concrete actions to end violence against women....
18 Nov 2021 - NEW YORK - Media stakeout following the briefing to the Security Council by the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons.TRANSCRIPTMEDIA STAKEOUT FOLLOWING SRSG DEBORAH LYONS...
15 Oct 2021 - NEW YORK - The Secretary-General strongly condemns the despicable attack today on the Imam Baragah mosque in Kandahar City, Afghanistan.The Secretary General...
11 Oct 2021 - Thank you very much for your presence.
Exactly four weeks after the humanitarian conference in Geneva, the humanitarian crisis is growing in Afghanistan —...
09 Oct 2021 - The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest terms today’s horrific attack at a mosque in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan. This is the third attack against a religious institution in less than a week. Attacks that deliberately target civilians exercising the right to freely...
06 Oct 2021 - UN agencies and humanitarian NGOs in Afghanistan are in a race against time to deliver life-saving aid to crisis-affected people and preposition supplies ahead of winter.
Millions of people in Afghanistan have been deeply affected by decades of conflict and displacement,...