President Hamid Karzai and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Presidnet Hamid Karzai takes a question during a joint news conference with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon after the Kabul International Conference in Kabul
H.E. Dr. Zalmai Rassoul and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
H.E. Mr. Zalmai Rassoul, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan with United Nations The Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
H.E. Dr. Zalmai Rassoul
H.E. Dr. Zalmai Rassoul, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, addresses the Security Council at its open debate on post-conflict peacebuilding.
President Barack Obama and President Hamid Karzai
US President Barack Obama (L) meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, on March 28, 2010.
Statements
Security Council Debate on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
Statement By H.E. Mr. Zahir Tanin Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the... More
Concluding Statement of the Organizers, UN African Meeting on Palestine
Concluding statement of the Organizers Concluding statement of the Organizers 1. The... More
Closing statement of Ambassador Tanin as Chair of UN African Meeting on Palestine
Statement by H.E. Zahir Tanin Head of the Delegation of the Committee on the Exercise... More
Opening Statement of Ambassador Tanin as Chair of UN African Meeting on Palestine
Statement by H.E. Mr. Zahir Tanin Head of the Delegation Committee on the Exercise... More
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Afghanistan Convenes International Conference on Afghanistan
The first-ever international conference on Afghanistan in the Afghan capital, Kabul,... More
Statement by President Karzai at International Kabul Conference
On behalf of people of Afghanistan, it is my pleasure and privilege to welcome you... More
Opening Remarks of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the Kabul Conference
Opening Remarks of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the Kabul Conference (As Delivered) Kabul,... More
Ambassador Tanin Addresses UN Security Council on “Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict”
H.E. Ambassador Zahir Tanin, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United... More
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Ambassador Tanin Opens UN African Meeting on the Question of Palestine in Rabat
H.E. Ambassador Zahir Tanin, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations, Vice President of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and Head of the Delegation of the Committee, today chaired the first day of the UN African Meeting on the Question of Palestine in Rabat, Morocco. Ambassador Tanin... [Read more of this review]
UNODC Reports Major Drug Abuse in Afghanistan
KABUL, 21 June 2010 – A survey on Drug Use in Afghanistan, issued today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, shows that around one million Afghans (age 15-64) suffer from drug addiction. At eight per cent of the population, this rate is twice the global average. “After... [Read more of this review]
U.S. Identifies Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, according to senior American government officials. The previously unknown deposits — including huge veins of... [Read more of this review]
Rethinking the “third world”
Seeing the world differently The poor world has changed fundamentally. Others are barely coming to grips with the implications EARLIER this year, Bob Zoellick, the president of the World Bank, grandly declared that “2009 saw the end of what was known as the third world”—that is, the end of a distinct, separate section of humanity that is poor,... [Read more of this review]
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