Reports

S/2004/616 Summary Recent years have seen an increased focus by the United Nations on questions of transitional justice and the rule of law in conflict and post-conflict societies, yielding important lessons for our future activities. Success will depend on a number…

Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Starts Consideration of Prevention of Discrimination The Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights this morning concluded its review of the violation of human rights and…

TALKING POINTS Afghan Women Break 40 Percent Voter Registration Mark As of 22 July Afghan women broke the 40 percent barrier for voter registration. On that date, of the 7,993,029 who had registered to vote, 41 percent were women or 3,278,520.…

TALKING POINTS Almost 80 Percent Of Estimated Afghan Voter Population Registered Almost 80 percent of Afghanistan's estimated voter population has registered to vote in the upcoming polls. As of 20 July voter registration figures reached 7,836,281 of these 4,637,499 (59.2 percent) are…

TALKING POINTS First Report Of Joint Verification Of Political Rights The First report of the Joint Verification of Political Rights by the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and UNAMA covering the period from 15 June -7 July (2004) was released yesterday.…

TALKING POINTS More Than 6 Million Afghans Register As Voters As of last night (7 July) the registration of Afghan voters reached a total of 6,182,051. The gender breakdown is 3,780,410 (61.2 percent) men and 2,401,647 (38.8 percent) women. As we have…

Statement before the Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Human Rights House of Representatives July 7, 2004 Chairman Gallegly and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today about the work of the U.S.…

TALKING POINTS More Than 5.6 millions Afghans Registered As Voters On 1 July the registration of voters for the upcoming election reached a total of 5,637,641. The breakdown by gender is as follows: 3,483,936 (61.8 percent) of all registrants are men while…

TALKING POINTS Voter Registration Reaches Nearly 5.5 Million As of 29 June, 5,468,873 had registered to vote. The gender break down is 3,389,584 men and 2,079,289 women or 62.0 percent men and 38.0 percent women. This continues to show the…

Security Hopes that the NATO summit held in Istanbul from 28th to 29th June would result in a substantial increase in the resources made available to the International Security Assistance Force were only partly realised. NATO agreed to provide an…