Informes

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Kai Eide, began the year urging strong support for agriculture and big infrastructure in Afghanistan. At a media conference in Kabul on 13 January, Mr Eide, alongside the Minister of…

For UNICEF 2009 was an extension of its preceding Country Programme 2006-2008. In line with national priorities outlined in the Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS) 2008-2013, related MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) and the UNDAF (United Nations Development Assistance Framework) 2010-2013,…

Kabul - 14 December 2009 UNHCR: Good morning, everybody. Thank you very much for coming. I think we see this is as an opportunity to look back a little bit at our work and operations of this year, and to look…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Decades of war and an escalating conflict, combined with frequent earthquakes and seasonal hazards such as drought, landslides, extreme winters and floods have left the majority of people in Afghanistan extremely vulnerable. The 2010 Humanitarian…

December 08, 2009, Kabul- UNDP released the first ever survey on police perception today. In recognition of the fact that no comprehensive survey on police performance has been conducted to date, UNDP undertook the project of a public survey…

Extremist Threat to Women Increasing, Government Failing to Protect (New York, December 6, 2009) - Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, women and girls suffer high levels of violence and discrimination and have poor access to justice and education,…

I. Summary After the fall of the Taliban everyone wanted to come and work for women's rights, they were proud to say they were here to help Afghan women. Slowly, slowly this disappeared. Maybe the international community saw that we…

This week - a year early - Rwanda was officially declared landmine-free DFID's support is helping draw the deadly sting out of millions of square miles of land in countries recovering from the pains of recent conflict. Inches beneath the surface…

(near verbatim transcript) Kabul - 30 November 2009 ON THE OCCASION OF THE 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE UNAMA SPOKESPERSON: Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen. Welcome to UNAMA's regular press conference. I hope you had a very pleasant weekend and…

2010 Portfolio Highlights 27 countries, territories, missions This 13th edition of the annual Portfolio of Mine Action Projects features overviews and project outlines for 27 countries, territories or missions affected by landmines and explosive remnants of war. 277 projects There are 277 projects…