New York, 9 September 2021 [As delivered] * * * Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, and distinguished speakers. With the fall of Kabul on 15 August the city’s population and the people of...
KABUL - The United Nations in Afghanistan reiterate their commitment to stay and deliver aid to millions of people in need in the country. While some UN personnel that are not location dependent has...
Mr. President and Dr. Abdullah, Distinguished ambassadors and members of the international community, Honored guests, The unprecedented set of circumstances that we face today make this JCMB perhaps...
PANJSHIR – Civil society representatives at a series of UN-backed radio programmes in Central Afghanistan called on the parties to conflict to stop fighting and return to the negotiation table. The...
[As delivered] * * * Mr. President and members of the Security Council, I am extremely grateful for the opportunity of this special meeting on Afghanistan and the opportunity to brief you today. It...
FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN AFGHANISTAN: STEPPING UP INTEGRITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY - UN REPORT KABUL, 4 August 2021 - Stepping up ongoing efforts to address corruption in Afghanistan remains...
KABUL, 30 July 2021 - The United Nations in Afghanistan condemns in the strongest terms the attack today on its main compound in Herat that resulted in the loss of life of an Afghan police guard and...
The twenty-third Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) meeting was held on Wednesday July 28, 2021 at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. The main purpose of the meeting was to...
KABUL, 26 July 2021 – Civilian casualties in Afghanistan in the first half of 2021 reached record levels, including a particularly sharp increase in killings and injuries since May when international...
UNAMA’s Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict 2021 Midyear Report to was released today. The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, who is also head of UNAMA...