Afghanistan
Support for those who defy social norms By Sarah Crowe MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan, 20 April 2010 - The six girls huddle together over tea, giggling and pulling at each other's veils and talking 'girl talk'. They're keen to show off their English,…
Afghanistan + 5 more
SC/9907 Security Council 6299th Meeting (AM & PM) Presidential Statement Follows Day-Long Debate of Some 48 Speakers; Ministers from Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Timor-Leste Offer Lessons Learned The Security Council today emphasized the critical importance of post-conflict peacebuilding as the "foundation for building sustainable peace…
Afghanistan
By Cornelia Walther KABUL, Afghanistan, 15 April 2010 - The Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified by Afghanistan, states that putting a child in detention should be a last resort. Yet independent assessments carried out by UNICEF, the Afghan…
Afghanistan
15 April 2010 - There are a few types of workers who on the one hand, save people's lives, but on the other sometimes put their own lives in danger as well. Deminers are among them. On the early…
Afghanistan + 23 more
General Assembly Sixty-fourth session Agenda item 65 (a) Promotion and protection of the rights of children Security Council Sixty-fifth year I. Introduction 1. The present report, which covers the period from January to December 2009, is submitted pursuant to paragraph 19 of Security Council resolution…
Afghanistan
MACCA CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON DEMINERS The Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA) today condemned attacks on humanitarian deminers, following an attack on a team working for an NGO DAFA in Kandahar on the 11 April, which resulted in the…
Afghanistan
12 April 2010 - The Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA) today condemned attacks on humanitarian deminers, following an attack on a team working for Afghan NGO DAFA in Kandahar on the 11th of April which resulted in…
Afghanistan
5 April 2010 - "For a deminer, the first mistake is also the last one. There is no second chance." So says Haji Aziz, from the Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA) as he stares into the sky.. He's…
Afghanistan + 7 more
A total of 5,197 new casualties from mines, explosive remnants of war (ERW) and victim-activated improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were recorded in 75 countries and other areas in 2008. This included 1,266 people killed and 3,891 injured; the status of…
Afghanistan
The fifth South Asian Regional Conference (SARC) declaration for persons with disabilities was signed after a three day conference in Kabul on 30th of March 2010. The conference focused on the role of Community Based Rehabilitation in empowering women and…
