Reports

GA/SHC/3898 Sixty-second General Assembly Third Committee 32nd & 33rd Meetings (AM & PM) Regrettable That Certain Countries Continue To Name, Blame Others Rather Than Promote Human Rights As the recently established Human Rights Council continued to receive a stream of support…

A/62/L.7 Sixty-second session Agenda item 19 The situation in Afghanistan Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Eritrea, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand,…

GENEVA / KABUL, 25 October 2007 - Progress in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban has been significant. However, a report launched by UNICEF today, Child Alert Afghanistan, cautions that efforts to build on that significant progress will…

From time to time, and for countries and regions where children are most at risk, UNICEF produces emergency reports known as Child Alerts. These are both milestones and distress signals. As milestones, they show what has been done and…

SC/9151 Security Council 5766th Meeting (AM & PM) Members adopt Presidential Statement as Secretary-General urges strengthening of collective response to 'hideous' behaviour The Security Council expressed its deep concern today that gender-based violence, particularly rape and other forms of sexual…

Afghanistan is one of the ICRC's largest operations worldwide with more than 1,200 national and expatriate staff involved in a wide range of activities on behalf of people affected by conflict. The following is an update of ICRC activities…

Kabul, 17 October 2007 - Thousands of Afghan women are defying potential threats to take their first steps in education. WFP Afghanistan spokesperson Jackie Dent reports on how WFP food is playing an important role in getting Afghan women…

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…

GA/10623 Sixty-second General Assembly Plenary 6th & 7th Meetings (AM & PM) While championing their successful efforts to rebuild war-torn nations, several world leaders struggling to ensure peace and long-term development today appealed to the General Assembly for broad international…

New National Human Development Report is launched United Nations, New York - In Afghanistan, "the justice system must be rebuilt in a way that bridges modern and traditional justice institutions, protects citizens' rights and strengthens rule of law, a pivotal step…