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Summary This quarterly report gives details of the advances made by Canada on its six priorities and three signature projects in Afghanistan, together with Afghan and other partners, with a focus on progress achieved by Afghanistan’s institutions…
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SC/10142 Security Council 6464th Meeting (AM) Standing on Doesn't Mean Standing Alone, Secretary-General's Special Representative Stresses in Briefing Afghanistan's transition to responsibility for its own security, governance and development, put into motion this year, would result in a realignment of…
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Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC December 21, 2010 The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) has contributed $12.1 million to the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) to fund the two-year program: "Supporting the National…
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20 December 2010 - There is an increasing sense that conditions for reconciliation in Afghanistan are becoming more favourable and that there may soon be a real opportunity for a political dialogue leading to a settlement, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon…
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Co-authored by Erin Foster - Humanitarian Assistance and Social Well-Being Subject Matter Expert and Stefanie Nijssen Assistant Knowledge Manager The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief examination of child labour and trafficking in Afghanistan. Children remain income earners…
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KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 18, 2010) - A vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated today in Kandahar district, Kandahar province, killing two civilians, including one child and wounding 11 children. "The insurgents continue to demonstrate their disregard for life by senselessly killing and…
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SC/10126 Security Council 6453rd Meeting (Resumed) (AM) "Women now are watching and waiting," Margot Wallström, the Secretary-General's Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, told the Security Council today as it concluded its debate on that subject. Pledging not to rest until sexual…
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December 17, 2010 | Michel Gabaudan | Tagged as: Women's Rights In many of the conflicts of the last decades - from Afghanistan to Somalia, from the Balkans to the Democratic Republic of the Congo - violence against women has…
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By Khalid Koser In 2009 922,500 asylum claims were submitted in 159 countries or territories around the world, according to statistics from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The USA received the second highest number at 47,900 applicants,…
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KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 15) - Three Afghan civilians children were killed and nine others seriously wounded, including two children and one Afghan National Police servicemember, in a vehicle improvised explosive device blast in Kandahar district, Kandahar province today. Afghan National Police…
