United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan

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United Nations Assistance Mission for Afghanistan, or UNAMA, was established March 28th, 2002 by the United Nations Security Council resolution 1401. It was established to unify the activities of the 16 UN agencies operating in Afghanistan. UNAMA was initially established for a period of one year.

Per the original resolution, the mandate of UNAMA includes:

...promoting national reconciliation; fulfilling the tasks and responsibilities entrusted to the United Nations in the Bonn Agreement, including those related to human rights, the rule of law and gender issues; and managing all UN humanitarian, relief, recovery and reconstruction activities in Afghanistan in coordination with the Afghan Administration.

[edit] See also

• List of UN Security Council Resolutions

[edit] External links

• UNAMA