Press Releases

  • 25 Aug 2014 - KABUL - The United Nations welcomes today’s announcement by Afghan electoral authorities of the first official decisions on the findings from the 100 per cent audit of the Presidential run-off election of 14 June. "The first set of official decisions from this unprecedented...
  • 20 Aug 2014 - KABUL - The United Nations expresses its concern over the acts of intimidation against New York Times reporter Matthew Rosenberg. “The attempts aimed at preventing a media representative from freely carrying out his duties demonstrate a disturbing disregard for freedom of...
  • 20 Aug 2014 - KABUL - The United Nations expresses concern about yesterday’s clash between supporters of Dr. Abdullah Abdullah’s campaign team and workers from the Independent Election Commission (IEC) that left several people hurt at the audit centre compound in Kabul. This is not the first...
  • 18 Aug 2014 - KABUL - The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and head of UNAMA, Ján Kubiš, congratulated the Afghan people on the occasion of the 95th anniversary of Afghanistan's independence. "It is a real pleasure and honour for me to congratulate the Afghan people...
  • 17 Aug 2014 - KABUL - The United Nations welcomes the updates and refinements made to the ongoing comprehensive audit of the results of Afghanistan's Presidential run-off election. "The objective of the unprecedented audit agreed to by Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Dr. Ashraf Ghani is to...

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