As Afghanistan ushered in a new Interim Administration in Kabul today, Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Representative, Lakhdar Brahimi, said this historic chance for stability in the war-shattered country must succeed.
A United Nations human rights expert today called for an inquiry into the reported summary execution of prisoners in Afghanistan, and urged action against those found to be responsible.
Forging estimates based on figures provided by the military coalition operating in Afghanistan, a senior United Nations official today said the country faces danger posed by some 25,000 unexploded sub-munitions.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today distributed aid brought to Afghanistan by police and firefighters from New York City, according to a spokesperson for the agency.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Representative for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, will address a ceremony in Kabul on Saturday marking the transition to a new Interim Administration.
A senior United Nations official who is leading the international recovery effort in Afghanistan today urged donors meeting in Brussels to fund the country's long-term reconstruction.
Aiming to foster a secure environment for the political transition in Afghanistan, the United Nations Security Council today authorized the establishment of an International Security Assistance Force to assist the Afghan Interim Authority in Kabul and its surrounding areas.
Bakeries that will help more than 35,000 destitute and widowed women in Kabul reopened today after being closed for the past two months, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Thursday.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is set to receive more than 29 metric tonnes of emergency food assistance for Afghanistan from a group of New York City firefighters and police officers, an agency spokesman said today in Pakistan.
As the new United Nations-brokered interim government for Afghanistan prepares to assume authority this weekend, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today pledged that the world body would support the Afghans and give them whatever help was needed to implement the power-sharing plan.
