UN Mandate

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is a political mission established at the request of the Afghan Government to assist it and the people of Afghanistan in laying the foundations for sustainable peace and development. On 22 March 2011, the 15-member UN Security Council unanimously renewed UNAMA’s mandate until March 2012.

UN Security Council Resolution 1974 (2011) provides UNAMA and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan with a mandate to support the Government in its efforts to improve critical areas, including security, governance and economic development, and regional cooperation, as well as to support the full implementation of mutual commitments made on these issues at the London Conference in January 2010 and the subsequent Kabul Conference in July 2010.

In 2011, all the UN agencies and programmes in Afghanistan agreed to work together on five main priorities:

1. peace, reconciliation and reintegration;
2. human rights protection and promotion;
3. sub-national governance and the rule of law;
4. maternal and newborn health; and
5. sustainable livelihoods

Read more about the role and work of the UN in Afghanistan at the UNAMA website