News Focus: Afghanistan
The UN provides tool kits and construction items under house-building programme, while beneficiaries contribute most of the labour
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REMEMBERING THE VICTIMS OF KABUL ATTACK
United by a common goal, fallen UN staff aimed to help Afghans
Key resources:
Statements
UN Mission-UNAMA
Special Representative for Afghanistan
Kai Eide, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
Background
Facts & Figures
Land area - 652,000 sq km
Population - 21.8 million(2002)
Capital - Kabul
Climate - arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers
Terrain - mostly rugged mountains; plains in north and southwest
Food production - wheat, fruit, nuts, mutton
A Historical Perspective
UNAMA was established on 28 March 2002 by UN Security Council Resolution 1401 following the Bonn Agreement of December 2001. More
Other links and documents:
Aid/development
The Secretary-General sends his best wishes to the President and to the people of Afghanistan at this critical juncture in their history and reaffirms the determination of the United Nations to support Afghanistan’s progress towards peace, stability and development.
Spokesperson for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on inauguration of President Hamid Karzai, 19 November 2009
