Reports

SC/9956 Security Council 6341st Meeting (AM & PM) Council's Collective Voice 'Must Be Used to Make Outcasts of Those Who Commit Acts against Children in War,' Special Representative Says The United Nations Security Council today reasserted its strong condemnation of the recruitment, killing,…

Watch the Webcast A global network of child rights monitors today called on the Security Council to prioritize child concerns during its planned visit to Afghanistan, where it said more than 1,000 children had been killed in 2009 as a result…

Contact: Eva Smets (New York) +1 212-551-2743 or +1 646-943-3798 (mobile) email: evas@watchlist.org Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict calls upon the Afghan government and its international supporters to prioritize children's needs June 14, 2010- New York Launched…

Introduction to the study 1. The arrival of unaccompanied and separated children from other parts of the world, some of whom submit applications for refugee status, has been an issue of mounting concern to many European countries and to UNHCR. 2.…

Quarterly Report to Parliament For the Period of January 1 to March 31, 2010 Summary - Canada continued to achieve progress on its key objectives and signature projects in this quarter. Our development work in Afghanistan reflects Canada's overarching development objective: to…

Esther Brimmer Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Organization Affairs House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight Washington, DC June 9, 2010 Chairman Carnahan, Ranking Member Rohrabacher, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the invitation to testify. It is an…

Human Rights Council MIDDAY 8 June 2010 The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting today held a general debate on human rights situations that require the Council's attention. Speakers raised concerns about violations affecting human rights defenders, freedom of opinion and…

WHO: MOP-UP CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-EAST PROVINCES IN RESPONSE TO POLIO OUTBREAK IN TAJIKISTAN On 1-3 June, the polio-eradication team of Afghanistan conducted a mop-up vaccination campaign in four provinces bordering Tajikistan targeting 1.21 million children. The campaign was conducted in the…

GENEVA (2 June 2010) - "Targeted killings pose a rapidly growing challenge to the international rule of law. They are increasingly used in circumstances which violate the relevant rules of international law. The international community needs to be more forceful…

CHILDREN LEARN TO SPEAK OUT ON MINES THROUGH MINE RISK EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS Pointing to a nearby field in Farza district, the  principle of Bostan secondary school recalls, "Last year a number of our students were grazing    animals and…