Informes

Highlights by country South-West Asia Afghanistan • UNHCR has modified ongoing activities to ensure protection services can continue during the pandemic. Interventions for persons with specific needs and cash assistance programs for refugees have been modified to enable case…

New York, 2 February 2021 As delivered Opening remarks Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, I am Ramesh Rajasingham, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Ad Interim. It is my huge pleasure to welcome you all to this virtual…

Human Rights Council Forty-sixth session 22 February–19 March 2021 Agenda items 2 and 10 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Technical assistance and capacity-building Summary Submitted pursuant to…

Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič has concluded an official visit to Kabul, Afghanistan, as the country tries to move beyond one of the deadliest conflicts worldwide, lasting decades. The visit was the first of an…

UN report reveals continuing high rate of detainee torture allegations in Afghanistan GENEVA (3 February 2021) – Almost a third of people detained for security or terrorism-related offences in Afghanistan have been subjected to torture or other…

Threats and Violence Against Schools, Teachers and Students Africa Cameroon 03 December 2020: Update: In Kumba city, Southwest region, police have pressed criminal charges against the proprietress of the Mother Francisca International Bilingual Academy and her partner, alongside four…

UNFPA is the United Nations agency leading global efforts to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, and every childbirth is safe. However, in Afghanistan where access to basic health services is a challenge, the maternal mortality…

South: Fighting reportedly displaced over 10,000 people in Hilmand Fighting between Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and a non-state armed group (NSAG) continued in Hilmand, Kandahar, Uruzgan and Zabul provinces. In Kandahar, fighting continued mainly in Arghandab, Zheray…

Today the EU-Delegation in Kabul announced an additional support of 35 million euros to tackle the ongoing pandemic and mitigate its socioeconomic impacts in Afghanistan. Since the start of the pandemic, the EU has mobilised almost…

**FAIRFIELD, Conn. (Jan. 25, 2021) —**An astonishing 60[i] million children who need help to survive this year — half of all the children in need globally — live in just eight countries. Save the Children is…