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Staffan de Mistura, Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan

Top UN envoy urges peaceful resolution of Afghan legislative crisis

28 June 2011
The United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today called on all parties to conduct themselves responsibly, using only political means and careful to avoid public unrest, after a special court ruled recently to replace a quarter of the members of Parliament due to fraud charges.
Special Representative Radhika Coomaraswamy visits an IDP camp in Kabul 24 February 2010

UN official condemns use of young child as unwitting suicide bomber

27 June 2011
A top United Nations official today condemned as unconscionable the use of an unwitting child as a suicide bomber in Afghanistan and a separate attack on a hospital in the strife-torn country.
Staffan de Mistura, Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan

Afghanistan: UN deplores deadly bombing of hospital

25 June 2011
The top United Nations official in Afghanistan has voiced outrage at a bomb attack earlier today at a public hospital in the country's east that has killed dozens of people.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) and US President Barack Obama in the Oval Office

US troop withdrawal marks ‘transition’ for Afghans, Ban says

23 June 2011
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed United States President Barack Obama’s decision to start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan as the “beginning of a transition” for the Afghan Government.
Human Rights Director of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan Georgette Gagnon addresses news conference in Kabul

Afghanistan: UN urges greater civilian protection after bloodiest month

11 June 2011
Last month was the most violent for civilians in Afghanistan in recent years as attacks by insurgents intensified, the United Nations mission in the country said today, reiterating its call for greater protection of civilians.
Amb. Peter Wittig of Germany speaks to journalists in Kabul at the end of the Security Council’s visit to Afghanistan

Security Council team urges greater protection of children during Afghanistan visit

7 June 2011
A Security Council delegation today reiterated its calls for better protection of children and other civilians in Afghanistan who are caught in conflict, as the United Nations body prepares to take tougher measures to boost security for schools and medical facilities in war zones.