UNAMA reaches out with new office in Uruzgan
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today announced plans to open a new office in Tirin Kot, the provincial capital of Uruzgan in southern Afghanistan.
The new UNAMA office will play a key role in helping local communities, coordinating development and humanitarian efforts, supporting local Government institutions to strengthen good governance and the rule of law, monitor human rights issues and to ensure more development assistance reaches the people of Uruzgan.
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Kai Eide, said: ‘We are coming to Uruzgan to listen closely to the needs of the local community. The opening of our new office will be in direct support of the people of Uruzgan, aid agencies and other civil society organizations that want to deliver more development assistance in this vital province of southern Afghanistan’
‘The challenges of bringing development assistance to this province are vast but not insurmountable. Making progress will require the concerted and sustained effort of the central and provincial government as well as the donor community.’
Welcoming the opening of the new UN office, the Netherlands Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen said: ‘The Netherlands favours a strong UN presence in the South of Afghanistan. Today’s announcement signals further progress and increased stability in the province. The new UNAMA office will strengthen the civilian face of the international reconstruction efforts in Uruzgan and will have a positive impact on the lives of its citizens.’
Netherlands Minister for Development Co-operation Bert Koenders emphasized that: ‘The opening of the UNAMA office is crucial for the coordination of the reconstruction in Uruzgan. The UN plays an important pioneering role.’
Notes to editors:
- UNAMA has 17 other offices located in Mazar-e-Sharif; Kunduz; Herat; Kandahar; Nangarhar; Bamyan; Kabul; Gardez; Ghor; Kunar; Khost; Nimroz; Badghis; Maimana; Faizabad, Daikundi and Zabul provinces.
For more information on the work of UNAMA please visit: www.unama-afg.org
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
Spokesperson’s Office, Kabul, Afghanistan
Tel: 00 39 0831 24 6121 – 00 93 (0) 20 297 6121
Email: spokesperson-unama@un.org Website:
www.unama-afg.org
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