Informes

New possibilities are opening up for women in Afghanistan as they start to take a bigger part in the country's economic life. Challiss McDonough, a WFP staffer in Kabul, tells WFP.org how watching this transformation has helped to offset…

Beijing, 4 November 2010 - Senior government ministers and officials from 28 countries across Asia and the Pacific gathered in Beijing today for the High Level Meeting on Co-operation for Child Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region. The meeting, held…

GA/SHC/3994 Sixty-fifth General Assembly Third Committee 41st & 42nd Meetings (AM & PM) Fourth Text Recommended Will Have General Assembly Condemn Torture; Also Hears from General Assembly President, Concludes Debate on Refugees The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) took action today on three…

Australian Government AusAID Media Release MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS KEVIN RUDD THE HON KEVIN RUDD MP MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS THE HON KATE ELLIS MP MINISTER FOR THE STATUS OF WOMEN MEDIA RELEASE 31 October 2010 United Nations Peacekeepers will be given additional training in how…

Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC October 26, 2010 The United States is a strong advocate for UN Security Council Resolution 1325, which calls for supporting the essential role played by women in all aspects of peace and security, recognizing their leadership…

SC/10071 Security Council 6411th Meeting (AM & PM) United Nations to 'Lead by Example', Secretary-General Pledges As Member States Weigh Mixed Record on Making Resolution 1325 (2000) Work Marking the tenth anniversary of its landmark resolution on women and peace and security, the…

ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-10-IA-238 For Immediate Release KABUL, Afghanistan (Oct. 22) -- Two children were killed and one was injured when insurgents fired indirect and small-arms in Jani Khel district, Paktika province Thursday. A third child received superficial wounds to…

GA/SHC/3981 Hears from 49 Speakers on Third Day of Debate; Nigeria : 'Investment in Children Is the Best Investment a Government Can Make' From the reintegration of child soldiers to rural schools-on-wheels and the daily recital of a national pledge, the Third…

SC/10049 Security Council 6395th Meeting (AM) The Security Council this morning decided to extend the authorization of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan for one year, ending 13 October 2011, while stressing the importance of comprehensively building the Afghan security…

GA/SHC/3979 Sixty-fifth General Assembly Third Committee 12th & 13th Meetings (AM & PM) Head of UN Children's Fund Addresses Committee; also Hears Special Envoys On Children and Armed Conflict, Violence against Children, Sale of Children To "truly universalize child rights," the world community must…