Reports

GENRAL ISSUES: Administrative Reform Two draft decrees are being finalized presently that concern externally funded reimbursements (commonly known as top-ups) and the restructuring of public administration. They are initial, interim steps towards the larger objectives of full-scale pay-level reforms and institutional reform…

TALKING POINTS Update on the Situation in Maimana As of this morning we have been informed that the situation in Maimana city continues to be calm, with the ceasefire holding and troops from Jamiat and Jumbesh maintaining their positions on the…

TALKING POINTS Update on Maimana As of this morning we can confirm that all troops aligned to Jumbesh and Jamiat have withdrawn from the center of Maimana City in Faryab to the outskirts of the city as per the agreement signed…

The State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) released a fact sheet April 14 detailing its efforts to help Afghan refugees, returnees, internally displaced persons, and other conflict victims since September 2001. According to the fact sheet, PRM…

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has helped broker a cease-fire between warring factions in the northern city of Maimana, ending a spate of deadly violence that erupted last Thursday. A spokesman for the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA),…

TALKING POINTS UNAMA Helps to Broker the Withdrawal of Rival Factions from Maimana Today it is estimated that Jamiat and Jumbesh have withdrawn 50 per cent of their troops in Maimana, the provincial capital of Faryab to the outskirts of the…

TALKING POINTS The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Afghanistan, Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi, conveys his condolences to the families of the Afghans killed by an air attack of coalition forces in the province of Paktika. He also expresses his…

Facts and Figures (January - February 2003) Protection According to its international mandate, the ICRC visits detainees held in relation to the conflict by the Afghan authorities and the US forces to ensure that they are treated humanely and can communicate…

HR/CN/1023 (Reissued as received.) GENEVA, 8 April (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights this morning heard statements from six Special Rapporteurs and Chairman-Rapporteurs of working groups on matters related to civil and political rights. In a…

TALKING POINTS Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration moves forward in Afghanistan A significant development will be taking place later today in moving the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process (DDR) in Afghanistan forward. This afternoon at 2 o'clock here in this room the Vice Chairman…