Press Releases

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…

05 November - At approximately 0225, unidentified gunmen shot a UNAMID peacekeeper as he was guarding a water point 3 kilometers north east of Kutum in North Darfur. UNAMID forces nearby retaliated with fire which forced the…

01 November - An attack by unidentified armed men today in Tina village, 14 west of Tawilla in North Darfur, has left at least four killed and several others injured. A UNAMID team arrived at the scene shortly and evacuated…

KABUL - Today the United Nations held useful and constructive discussions with the High Peace Council of Afghanistan, responding to the Council’s request for United Nations support to its crucial work. Dari - Pashto We…

Nairobi, 31 October 2010 – Special Representative for the Secretary-General for Somalia, Ambassador Augustine P. Mahiga, today congratulated the Somali leadership on reaching a consensus on how to proceed with the…

Nairobi, 31 October 2010 – Special Representative for the Secretary-General for Somalia, Ambassador Augustine P. Mahiga, today congratulated the Somali leadership on reaching a consensus on how to proceed with the…

By Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan 31 October 2010, Kabul - Today the United Nations held useful and constructive discussions with the High Peace Council of…

KABUL - In close consultation with and on behalf of all relevant and concerned donor countries and the ISAF/NATO, we reaffirm our support for the principled stand taken by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan…

KABUL - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack against the United Nations operations center in the western city of Herat, Afghanistan on 23 October. While no casualties among…