Press Releases

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on World Press Freedom Day
11 Mar 2009 - 3 May 2008 - To ‘spare no efforts’ to bring to justice perpetrators of attacks on journalists. English -...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Kabul attack
11 Mar 2009 - 27 April 2008 - I condemn in the strongest terms the attack against President Karzai that occurred at a victory parade in Kabul today. This attack against the legitimate institutions of the Afghan state and the Afghan people is unacceptable....
Security Council statement on attack on Afghanisan's President
11 Mar 2009 - 28 April 2008 - The following Security Council press statement on Afghanistan was read out today by Council President Dumisani S. Kumalo (South Africa). The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack that on 27 April targeted an...
Security Council welcomes renewed commitment to rebuild Afghanistan
11 Mar 2009 - 16 June 2008 - The Security Council has welcomed the renewed commitment expressed by more than 80 countries and international organizations last week in Paris to advance peace, security and development in Afghanistan. The International Conference in Support of Afghanistan,...
Chief Human Rights Officer Norah Niland on release of prisoners convicted for gang rape
11 Mar 2009 - 26 August 2008 - It has come to our attention that individuals convicted in 2006 for the rape of a woman from the Ruyi Du Ab district of Samangan province in northern Afghanistan have been prematurely released from detention....