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By Homayon Khoram/UNAMA Kabul, 21 July - More than 38,000 anti-personnel mines have been cleared across Afghanistan in the last six months. That's according to the Programme Director of the United Nations Mine Action Centre for Afghanistan, Dr. Haider Reza. Speaking…
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Good morning to everyone. My name is Nilab Mobarez. Today we are joined by Dr. Haider Reza, Programme Director of the United Nations Mine Action Centre for Afghanistan (UNMACA) who will be briefing us on their mine action activities…
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Kabul, 21 July 2008: The Mine Action Programme for Afghanistan (MAPA) in partnership with the Department of Mine Clearance (DMC) is working towards a mine free and safe country and to achieve the Afghanistan Compact and Ottawa Convention benchmark.…
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Thank you, Mr. President. I welcome the opportunity to participate in this open debate on the theme of children and armed conflict. I thank the delegation of Vietnam, and His Excellency Le Luong Minh for their foresightedness in choosing this…
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DC/3122 Countries awash with weapons -- especially in poorer regions where arms-smuggling was rampant -- needed ‘real assistance’ from technical experts and civil society organizations to curb illegal commerce in small arms and light weapons, speakers stressed…
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DC/3121 Meeting of States to Consider Action Programme on Illicit Small Arms Trade 3rd & 4th Meetings (AM & PM) As a first step towards reducing the risks associated with surplus stockpiles of small arms -- potential sources of illegal…
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) began helping Afghan people in 1979 from Pakistan, providing medical and surgical assistance to the war-wounded in Peshawar and Quetta. Since 1987, the ICRC has been present in Afghanistan. Today, with…
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1 - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Afghanistan was amongst the first countries in the world to recognise the impact of the dramatic rise in global food prices during 2007, and towards the end of the year the Government of Afghanistan (GoA) and…
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OSRSG/080703 Kabul, 3 July 2008 - Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, is concerned that future generations are being put at risk in Afghanistan. 'Children are the forgotten victims of the fighting and continue to…
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Press Conference (near verbatim transcript) Kabul - 3 July 2008 UNAMA: Good morning everybody my name is Aleem Siddique from UNAMA Spokesperson's office. We are very pleased to be joined this morning by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for…
