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1- INTRODUCTION From 20-26 February 2010 the Special Representative undertook a follow-up mission to her previous visit to Afghanistan in July 2008. In close consultation with UNAMA and the UNCT, the Special Representative had the following objectives: 1. First hand assessment…
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SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS, DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISSUES AND SUBCOMITTEE ON NEAR EASTERN AND SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS Senator Boxer, Senator Casey and Members of the Foreign Relations Committee, Thank you for inviting me to…
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February 23, 2010 Thank you, Senator Boxer and Senator Casey, for the invitation to testify at this important and timely hearing. I have been working on Afghanistan since 2006, and living there for most of the last three years. For…
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As a part of strengthening Afghanistan's state institutions, United Nations human rights officers have trained about 30 members of the Afghan National Police and prosecutors on human rights in the justice sector, in the east of the country. Four trainers…
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17 February 2010 - Just about 25 kilometres from Afghanistan's eastern regional hub of Jalalabad, Sheikh Misri was known as a dreary and rough desert of barren land littered with landmines and unexploded ordnances until December 2005. View more…
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Watch the Webcast The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in a new report issued today, argued that attacks on education should be a trigger for Security Council intervention through its monitoring and reporting mechanism on children in armed…
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The number of politically and ideologically motivated attacks on teachers, students and school buildings is rising, says the report Education Under Attack 2010, launched by UNESCO on 10 February. These attacks are perpetrated by non-state armed groups and state actors alike. Education under…
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GEN=C8VE, 4 février 2010 - Alors que la communauté internationale suit de près les efforts déployés pour secourir la population d'Haïti, l'UNICEF publie aujourd'hui son Rapport sur l'action humanitaire de 2010. Ce rapport annuel, qui met en lumière les situations…
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GENEVA, 4 February 2010 - As global attention focuses on efforts to provide life-saving support to the people of Haiti, UNICEF today released its Humanitarian Action Report (HAR) 2010. This annual report spotlights the most severe crises impacting children and women…
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Washington, DC January 29, 2010 The advancement of women's rights is critical to political and economic progress everywhere around the world. This is especially true in Afghanistan, where women's human rights have been ignored, attacked and eroded over decades, especially under…
