Reports

Mr. President, Excellencies, On behalf of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, I would like to thank you for this opportunity to address the Council during this debate on respect for international humanitarian law. Sixty years after the adoption of…

Benita Ferrero-Waldner Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy will attend the EU-Afghanistan Ministerial Troika meeting on 28th January in Prague. Afghanistan is represented by Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta. The meeting will touch upon the implementation of Afghanistan's…

PR# 2009-064 KABUL, Afghanistan - On the morning of January 19, ISAF forces were conducting an operation in the Tughay area of Sangin, Northern Helmand. During a patrol ISAF forces returned fire on an enemy firing point in order to…

New York, 19 January 2008 - Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, strongly condemns the increasing number of attacks claimed by the Taliban insurgents and other armed groups that utilize and target children. Ms. Coomaraswamy particularly…

Re: Investigation into US Airstrikes in Azizabad, Shindand district, Afghanistan Dear Secretary Gates, We write to you concerning the October 1, 2008 Executive Summary of the investigation by USAF Brig. Gen. Michael W. Callan into civilian casualties resulting from the US…

Across Afghanistan, 62 people a month are killed or injured by mines and unexploded ordinance. We know some of the most vulnerable groups are hit hardest - in fact, around 50% of the casualties are children. Herat Province has one…

Media Stakeout SC/9571 Security Council 6066th Meeting (AM & PM) Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes Briefs; Many of 50 Speakers Say While Council Debates Issue, Gaza Continues to Suffer The Security Council today affirmed its commitment to deal more effectively…

SC/9572 Security Council 2008 Round-up Although seized of new crises in Kenya, Georgia and the Horn of Africa, the bulk of the Security Council's work in 2008 involved pushing forward numerous initiatives it had authorized in the previous year…

Mr. President, Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Council. I will cover a number of urgent issues but the main focus today must be the conduct of hostilities and the need for strict compliance with international humanitarian law. The current…

(extract) UNMACA (DR. MOHAMMAD HAIDER REZA): Ladies and gentlemen first of all it's my pleasure to be with you all here today. When we are talking about mines we have to keep certain things in mind. In terms of development,…