With sporadic factional violence persisting in Afghanistan, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged the expansion of the international security presence in the country as it emerges from decades of war.
Condemning recent attacks on several schools Afghanistan, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today said the violence would not suppress the desire for education in the country.
With sporadic fighting continuing across parts of Afghanistan, instability remains a priority concern in the country, Lakhdar Brahimi, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative, told the Security Council today.
Afghanistan remains a key producer of the world’s opium, with 90 per cent of cultivation concentrated in just five provinces, the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (ODC) said in its annual opium survey for the country released today.
As Afghanistan marked its National Immunization Day, the senior United Nations official in the country today pledged the world body’s full support for efforts to improve the health of the Afghan people.
Human rights in Afghanistan topped the agenda of activities today by United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette as she continued her official visit to the war-ravaged nation.
With millions in both southern Africa and Afghanistan facing severe food shortages and threatened by famine, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today stepped up its appeal for international aid for both places.
The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Louise Fréchette, today began a three-day visit to Afghanistan aimed at reviewing the world body's work in cooperation with the country's authorities.
The senior United Nations official in Afghanistan today predicted an increase in the country's opium poppy output and urged international support for the Government's drug control efforts.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today announced that its measles vaccination effort in Afghanistan received a boost, with a donation of $750,000 from an organization in the United States set up to help Afghan children.
