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NEW YORK - As our world grows predominantly urban, World Habitat Day provides an annual opportunity to reflect on how we can make our towns and cities better places for all. With the theme “Better City, Better Life,” this…

KABUL - Afghan opium production has decreased by almost 50 per cent this year, the United Nations said in a new report released today, while cautioning that rising prices on the global market may induce farmers to cultivate…

KABUL - While opium poppy cultivation remained at 2009 levels, opium production halved in 2010, says the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 2010 Afghan Opium Survey released today. Download Report This is good…

29 September 2010 - The heads of United Nations peace missions across West Africa on Wednesday held their 19th high-level meeting in Dakar in order to coordinate the UN actions for peace and stability in the region. The…

NEW YORK - With a series of important political events having taken place this year, it is now time for Afghanistan and its partners to focus on the road ahead in ensuring peace and development for the country, a top United…

NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary-General's message on Peace Day: Today we observe the annual International Day of Peace — a day dedicated to ceasefire and non-violence. Dari - Pashto Peace is precious. It must be nurtured…

KABUL - Afghanistan’s upcoming parliamentary polls will be “far from” perfect, but they should be much less marred by fraud than last year’s presidential elections, the top United Nations envoy to the country said today. Due…

14 September 2010 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Joseph Mutaboba, on Monday resumed a 10 day trip to four European countries focused on the situation in Guinea-Bissau. Mutaboba is travelling to Paris…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) fully supports the reaffirmation today by Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) of its definitive decision that it will conduct the 18…

GHAZNI - The United Nations entity tasked with coordinating landmine removal efforts said today it is supporting the efforts of a local organization that is removing mines from the Afghan city of Ghazni, ahead of a planned…