Press releases and statements

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 12 January 2001 -- In view of the rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, coupled with severe shortages of non-food...

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 10 January 2001 -- Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF)/Belgium has just finished a nutrition and mortality survey in remote villages...

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 24 December 2000 - Ten staff of the United Nations system in Afghanistan today returned from Pakistan to their duty stations...

Operator, please pass this message immediately to members of the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) Team and to the national authority responsible for UNDAC, in accordance...

In a six day period from 11 to 16 December, just under 800 displaced families, comprised of over 4,600 people, arrived in a camp for displaced persons outside Herat City in western Afghanistan. Of...

The United Nations Senior Inter-Agency Network on Internal Displacement has completed a five-day mission to Burundi. The mission, led by the UN Special Coordinator on Internal Displacement, Mr...

La résolution 1332 donne un souffle nouveau aux accords de paix Le Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies a prolongé le mandat de la MONUC pour une période de 6 mois et a approuvé la proposition du...

New funding of over USD 2.5 million has cushioned the budget shortfall of the United Nations Mine Action Programme for Afghanistan (MAPA). This amount will allow some of the clearance organisations...

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 13 December 2000 -- "Children's rights cannot be realised if the health and well being of women are not being addressed. Sick,...

To highlight the problem of disability in Afghanistan and to promote a sense of self-confidence and self-reliance among disabled people, the Comprehensive Disabled Afghans Programme, together with...