Reports

Security (a) The radical threat The UN is reviewing the number of international staff it will permit to operate in Afghanistan following the assassination, on 16th November, of a young French woman employed by UNHCR. She was shot dead at close…

(Kabul, December 13, 2003) --The U.S. military should increase precautions and explain intelligence failures after two recent attacks caused the deaths of numerous civilians in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch said today. In separate incidents, 15 children were killed by U.S.…

TALKING POINTS SRSG Remarks on Death of Children in Paktya The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi, was profoundly shocked and saddened to learn that yet another group of children was killed as a result of military action by the…

KABUL, 11 December 2003, -- Following the announcement yesterday that six children were killed as the result of Coalition military activities in Gardez on Friday 5 December, the Afghanistan Country Office of the United Nations Children's Fund has released…

The senior United Nations official concerned with children's welfare during war expressed deep concern today about a second killing of children over the weekend by US-led Coalition forces in Afghanistan and urged the Coalition to "take measures to ensure fuller…

SG/SM/9061, AFG/237 The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Sunday, 7 December: The Secretary-General was profoundly saddened by reports that nine children were killed in Ghazni, Afghanistan, apparently as a result of an air strike…

TALKING POINTS SRSG Reacts to Violence in Afghanistan In the last few days we have seen acts of violence against the Afghan people and those who are working along with them to rebuild this country. The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG)…

Briefer: Kris Janowski - Media Relations This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today's Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva. Further information can be found on the UNHCR website, www.unhcr.ch, which should also be…

Some $290 million would be needed next year to fund 300 mine action projects in 36 countries, Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, said at a Headquarters press briefing today. Briefing correspondents on the launch of the report 'Portfolio of Mine…

TALKING POINTS Update on Voter Registration Voter Registration for the 2004 General Election started this week at the Constitutional Loya Jirga (CLJ) sites in seven of the eight regional capitals. This includes Kabul, Bamyan, Jalalabad, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kunduz, Kandahar and Herat.…