6 November 2010 - Today the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) established a new operations centre in the capital Kabul. This new centre will be the hub of UNAMA's mission, and will enable us to increase our support to the people and Government of Afghanistan to help them achieve sustainable peace.

We thank Ambassador Radinck J. van Vollenhoven, who today handed us the keys to the former Embassy of the Government of the Netherlands, to enable UNAMA to open this new operations centre.

We also especially thank the people and the Government of The Netherlands who have generously supported the United Nations in our arrangements to establish this centre.