Reports

London, 16 January 2004 - Children continued to be used as soldiers, sexual slaves, labourers, porters and spies throughout 2003 in both newly-erupting and longstanding conflicts, according to a report released in the run-up to the United Nations Security Council's…

SC/7982 Security Council 2003 Round-up In a year dominated by the war in Iraq, the Security Council also addressed a broad range of other threats to peace and security around the globe, including in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Liberia,…

TALKING POINTS Acting SRSG Briefs North Atlantic Council in Brussels Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan Jean Arnault met yesterday (14 January) with the Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Jaap de Hoop Sheffer, and briefed the North…

SC/7977 Security Council 4893rd Meeting (AM) Lakhdar Brahimi Briefs for Final Time as Special Representative Afghans and their international partners could not afford to rest long on the laurels of the successful Loya Jirga, which on 5 January adopted the country's new…

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the UN mission to Afghanistan have set a target of demobilizing 5,000 child soldiers this year as part of their joint campaign to reintegrate war-affected youngsters in the country. The demobilization scheme began…

The senior United Nations official charged with looking after the rights of children caught in the throes of armed conflict today called on the Security Council to take concrete action to protect them. Olara Otunnu, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children…

Briefing journalists in advance of next week's Security Council debate on children and armed conflict, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Olara Otunnu expressed the hope that, on 20 January, the Council would take concrete action to protect children in situations…

TALKING POINTS Chairman of the electoral body addresses the nation In address through national radio and television yesterday evening, the Chairman of the Joint Electoral Management Body, Mr. Zakim Shah, said that all Afghan citizens play an important role in making free…

IP/04/31 Brussels, 09 January 2004 - The European Commission has approved a series of humanitarian aid decisions for crises in Asia, Africa and Latin America worth €31.296 million. Assistance is being provided for vulnerable people in Afghanistan (€6.27 million), Angola (€900,000),…

In the lead up to the Security Council's open debate on children and armed conflict on 20 January and the anticipated new resolution on that topic, a paper entitled "Protecting Children in Armed Conflict: Blueprints for Compliance" was launched…