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“Both President Ghani (left, second) and Dr. Abdullah (left, first) carry the nation’s expectations,” said the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ján Kubiš.
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UN congratulates Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on inauguration

29 September 2014
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations mission in Afghanistan today welcomed the inauguration of Ashraf Ghani as President and reaffirmed the Organization’s commitment to cooperate with the national unity government in the country’s progress to peace, stability and development.
OHCHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani.
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UN rights office urges stay for defendants in Afghan gang-rape case sentenced to death

26 September 2014
The United Nations human rights office today urged the Government of Afghanistan to halt the death sentences in a case against a group of men charged with armed robbery, kidnapping and gang-rape in a province of Kabul.
Nicholas Haysom.
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Nicholas Haysom of South Africa appointed as new UN envoy for Afghanistan

25 September 2014
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Nicholas Haysom of South Africa as the top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan, it was announced today.
A wide of the Security Council Chamber as Ján Kubiš, Special Representative and Head of the UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), briefs the Council via video conference.
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‘No losers, only partners’ with Afghan unity government, Security Council told

18 September 2014
There is “quite simply no better way forward” other than a unity government in Afghanistan, United Nations envoy Ján Kubiš, told the Security Council from Kabul in his final briefing in that capacity.
News conference hosted by UNAMA with the two candidates in the country’s Presidential election, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on 8 August 2014.
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Meeting Afghan presidential candidates, UN political chief urges unity, pledges support

11 September 2014
In Kabul today, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman met with Afghanistan’s two presidential candidates, Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, and underscored the world body’s call for a successful conclusion to the country’s election process.
Special Representative Ján Kubiš.
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UN mission in Afghanistan supports call for presidential candidates to resolve differences

10 September 2014
The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ján Kubiš, today endorsed a call made by the Ulema Council, a key religious advisory body, for the country’s two presidential candidates to come to an agreement on the formation of a unity government soon.
The two candidates for Afghanistan’s presidency Abdullah Abdullah (right) and Ashraf Ghani.
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Ban urges Afghan presidential candidates to agree on unity government

9 September 2014
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the two candidates for Afghanistan’s presidency to agree on a unity Government, telling both Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani they share a real responsibility to guide the country to a peaceful and more prosperous future.
Special Representative and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Ján Kubiš.
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UN deplores deliberate killing of civilians in Afghanistan's Farah province

1 September 2014
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has strongly condemned the deliberate killing of 12 civilians in the western province of Farah for which the Taliban has claimed responsibility.