02 Nov 2009 - 2 November 2009 - I welcome today’s decision by Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission to forego a run-off vote and to declare Hamid Karzai as the winner of the 2009 presidential elections. I congratulate President Karzai.
This has been a difficult election process for...
02 Nov 2009 - KABUL - I welcome today’s decision by Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission to forego a run-off vote and to declare Hamid Karzai as the winner of the 2009 presidential elections. I congratulate President Karzai....
02 Nov 2009 - KABUL - The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon arrived in Kabul today following the attack on a Kabul guesthouse last week in which five UN staff members were killed and others were injured....
01 Nov 2009 - 1 November 2009 - Dr Abdullah has decided today not to participate in the second round of Afghanistan’s presidential election.
This is clearly a decision he has taken after a long period of discussion and reflection. The next step must be to bring this electoral process to a...
31 Oct 2009 - KABUL - I am deeply shocked and outraged by the cowardly attack on a guest house in central Kabul today, which killed five UN staff and injured a number of others.
I condemn in the strongest possible terms the despicable and brutal killing, for which the Taleban has...
31 Oct 2009 - 28 October 2009 - This is a very dark day for the UN in Afghanistan. I strongly condemn the attack this morning on a guest house here in Kabul, for which the Taliban has claimed responsibility.
This brutal attack has cost the lives of at least five UN staff and injured at...
31 Oct 2009 - KABUL - At the 6211th meeting of the Security Council, held on 29 October 2009, in connection with the Council’s consideration of the item entitled “The situation in Afghanistan”, the President of the Security Council made the following statement on behalf of the Council:...
28 Oct 2009 - NEW YORK - I am deeply shocked and outraged by the cowardly attack on a guest house in central Kabul today, which killed five UN staff and injured a number of others.
I condemn in the strongest possible terms the despicable and brutal killing, for which the Taleban has claimed...
28 Oct 2009 - KABUL - The United Nations spokesperson in Afghanistan Adrian Edwards, has confirmed that six UN staff members were killed this morning during an attack at a guesthouse in Kabul. Other UN staff members were injured.
More details will follow.
25 Oct 2009 - KABUL - The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today issued their third joint-political rights monitoring report related to the 20 August elections.
This report, which covers the period...
22 Oct 2009 - KABUL - I warmly welcome the statement today by H.E. President Hamid Karzai concerning the presidential elections in Afghanistan. He has made it clear that the constitutional process must be fully respected. This process is about the future of Afghanistan and the participation...
20 Oct 2009 - NEW YORK - I warmly welcome the statement today by H.E. President Hamid Karzai concerning the presidential elections in Afghanistan. He has made it clear that the constitutional process must be fully respected. This process is about the future of Afghanistan and the...