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KABUL - Poverty and violence are usually portrayed as the biggest challenges confronting Afghanistan. Full Report - Press Release But ask the Afghans themselves, and you get a different answer: corruption is their biggest…

KABUL - Children continue to suffer from the armed conflict in Afghanistan with at least 345 killed last year according to the latest report released by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). The 2009…

KABUL - The top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today strongly condemned this morning’s coordinated deadly attacks, for which the Taliban have claimed responsibility, in the capital, Kabul, decrying the militants’…

KABUL - Enhancing transparency and efficiency of customs facilitation dramatically increases Afghan trade volumes and revenue collection. UNOPS PR English - Dari - Pashto Every day, trucks coming from Pakistan through the…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today called on all sides of Afghanistan’s conflict to minimize the impact of fighting on civilians. Full Report - Press release: English - Dari - Pashto…

NEW YORK - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today outlined seven priorities for 2010, beginning with the urgent need for a renewed focus on sustainable development, including advancing efforts to achieve the globally agreed…

8 January 2010 - The Government of Guinea-Bissau and the United Nations signed today an agreement leading to the voluntary departure, under guarantee, of Rear Admiral José Américo Bubo Na Tchuto from the UN premises in Bissau…

6 January 2010 - A Government delegation of six led by Ms. Hadja Satu Camara, Minister of Interior of Guinea-Bissau, on Tuesday 5 January 2010, met with Rear Admiral José Américo Bubo Na Tchuto at the United Nations compound…

1 January 2010 - The United Nations is in "constant contact" with Guinea-Bissau in order to resolve the case of a former high ranking military who has entered United Nations premises in Bissau unnanounced and requested…

NEW YORK - The Security Council discussed the situation in Afghanistan today, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressing the twin needs to strengthen the Government’s role while coordinating “broader and more effective”…