Reports

MEMO/09/364 Brussels, 14 August 2009 - EC support to Afghanistan's current elections Afghanistan is set to hold presidential and provincial council polls on 20 August 2009 and National Assembly and district elections in 2010. These elections present a formidable challenge because of the…

Executive Summary There are widely differing statistics on the numbers of out-of-school children across the globe, but nonetheless it is agreed as a huge problem, particularly in poor countries. A large proportion of these children are out of school because…

Afghanistan is one of the ICRC's biggest operations worldwide, with 119 delegates and 1,314 national staff based at the organization's main delegation in Kabul and in five sub-delegations and eight offices countrywide. This is an update on ICRC activities…

Executive Summary This research was undertaken in eight countries that are currently experiencing or have experienced armed conflict or other situations of armed violence. The aim was to develop a better understanding of people's needs and expectations, to gather views…

NEW YORK, 5 août 2009 - L'UNICEF se félicite de l'adoption unanime hier par le Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU d'une nouvelle résolution, la Résolution 1882 (2009), annonçant un environnement encore plus protecteur pour les enfants plongés dans des…

NEW YORK, 5 August 2009 - UNICEF welcomes the UN Security Council's unanimous adoption yesterday of a new resolution, Resolution 1882 (2009), which heralds a stronger protective environment for children in situations of armed conflict and an increased level of accountability…

SC/9722 Security Council 6176th Meeting (PM) Security Council Unanimously Adopts Resolution to 'Strike a Blow' against Impunity Parties to armed conflict engaging in patterns of "killing and maiming of children and/or rape and other sexual violence against children" must also be listed in…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twelfth session Agenda item 3 I. INTRODUCTION 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 51/77 and other subsequent resolutions of the Assembly on the rights of the child, including its most recent, resolution 63/241, in which…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twelfth session Agenda item 3 PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT I. INTRODUCTION 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 51/77 and other subsequent…

Letter dated 20 July 2009 from the Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council In my capacity as Chairman of the Working Group of the Security Council on Children and Armed…