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Veteran diplomat Yamamoto named UNAMA deputy rep.

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran Japanese diplomat Tadamichi Yamamoto, former ambassador to Hungary, was appointed as the deputy special representative of the secretary general (DSRSG) for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).

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Death toll from Afghanistan's suicide blast soars to 53

STORY: Death toll from Afghanistan's suicide blast soars to 53 DATELINE: Oct. 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the blast site in Kabul STORYLINE: The death toll from a suicide blast on the western edge of Kabul city on Friday has reached 53, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Monday. "Further rise in casualties from Friday's classroom bombing in Hazara quarter of Kabul: 53 killed, at least 46 girls and young women, 110 injured. Our human rights team continues documenting the crime," the UN mission here tweeted. A suicide explosion rocked an education center in a neighborhood of western Kabul on Friday morning where a large number of students were preparing for an exam. No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul. (XHTV)

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UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-AFGHANISTAN-MEETING

(220623) -- UNITED NATIONS, June 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Ramiz Alakbarov (on screens), the UN secretary-general's deputy special representative and officer-in-charge of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), speaks via a video link at a Security Council meeting on Afghanistan, at the UN headquarters in New York, on June 23, 2022. The UN envoy on Thursday stressed the need to engage the Taliban, the de facto authorities in Afghanistan, despite difficulties. (Rick Bajornas/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)

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Chinese envoy calls for efforts to ease humanitarian, economic crises in Afghanistan

STORY: Chinese envoy calls for efforts to ease humanitarian, economic crises in Afghanistan DATELINE: March 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. wide shot of Security Council Chamber 2. pan left of voting 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese/English interpretation): ZHANG JUN, China's permanent representative to the United Nations 4. various of Security Council Chamber 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese/English interpretation): ZHANG JUN, China's permanent representative to the United Nations 6. wide shot of Security Council Chamber STORYLINE: A Chinese envoy said Thursday that helping Afghanistan ease the humanitarian and economic crises is the top priority for the international community. Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the United Nations made the remarks in an explanation of the vote after the vote on the mandate renewal of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese/English interpretation): ZHANG JUN, China's permanent representative

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UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-AFGHANISTAN-UNAMA-MANDATE-EXTENSION

(220317) -- UNITED NATIONS, March 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Representatives vote during a UN Security Council meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, on March 17, 2022. The Security Council on Thursday adopted a resolution to extend the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for one year, till March 17, 2023. (Manuel Elias/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)

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UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-MEETING-AFGHANISTAN

(220302) -- UNITED NATIONS, March 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Deborah Lyons (C), the UN secretary-general's special representative and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), speaks at a Security Council meeting on Afghanistan at UN Headquarters in New York on March 2, 2022. The international community has no choice but to deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan, said Deborah Lyons, the top UN envoy for the war-torn country, on Wednesday. (Mark Garten/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)

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UNAMA chief Haysom gives interview in Kabul

Nicholas Haysom, special representative of the Secretary General for Afghanistan and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), speaks during an interview in Kabul on Sept. 7, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Veteran diplomat Yamamoto named UNAMA deputy rep.

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran Japanese diplomat Tadamichi Yamamoto, former ambassador to Hungary, was appointed as the deputy special representative of the secretary general (DSRSG) for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). (Kyodo)

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UNAMA chief Yamamoto attends interview with Kyodo News

Tadamichi Yamamoto, head of the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, gives an interview to Kyodo News in Brussels on Oct. 3, 2016, prior to an international conference on Afghan reconstruction there. Yamamoto stressed the need to continuously support the rehabilitation of the war-ravaged country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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UNAMA chief Yamamoto attends interview with Kyodo News

Tadamichi Yamamoto, head of the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, gives an interview to Kyodo News in Brussels on Oct. 3, 2016, prior to an international conference on Afghan reconstruction there. Yamamoto stressed the need to continuously support the rehabilitation of the war-ravaged country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo