Informes

Below are highlights of USAID activities conducted in 2008 that support women and girls in the areas of economic opportunities and entrepreneurship; political participation and leadership; education; gender-based violence; legal rights; trafficking in persons; and HIV and AIDS. Economic Opportunities and…

KABUL - 5 MARCH 2009 - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Navi Pillay presents her annual report on Afghanistan to the Human Rights Council in Geneva today. The report highlights concerns over the deteriorating human rights situation in…

United Nations, New York - Three Afghan advocates for women's rights spoke of the multiple challenges facing women and girls in Afghanistan in a panel discussion hosted by UNIFEM and co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the…

In areas ravaged by conflict, women's specific health needs are often neglected and ignored. But women are particularly at risk when the bombs are falling. On the occasion of International Women's Day, Nadine Puechguirbal, the ICRC's women and war…

Following a six-day visit to Afghanistan, the ICRC Director of Operations, Pierre Krähenbühl expressed his concern about the likelihood of civilians bearing the brunt of any intensification in the conflict. The following are his introductory remarks at a press conference…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review Fifth session Geneva, 4-15 May 2009 Introduction 1. Afghanistan, as a country in transition, is facing a wide range of problems in political, social and economic areas after the fall of the Taliban…

GA/PK/199 Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations 206th & 207th Meetings (AM & PM) Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Welcomes Review Initiatives; Field Support Head Describes 'Stress and Stretch' of Huge Operational Demands With the United Nations peacekeeping architecture under more strain than ever,…

Khalid Koser, Nonresident Fellow, Foreign Policy Susanne Schmeidl, Senior Research Fellow, Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance, Griffith University (Australia) U.S.-Islamic World Forum Nearly five million refugees have returned to Afghanistan since 2002 and the Office of the United Nations…

(near verbatim transcript) PRESIDENT KARZAI [translated from Pashto]: Dear media brothers and sisters Asalaam Alaikum. I am honoured to have today with us the United Nations Secretary-General, His Excellency Ban Ki-moon in Afghanistan. As you know this is his second…

Bureau of Political-Military AffairsIn keeping with its now 16-year effort to assist Afghanistan, one of the most heavily mined countries in the world, the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA) in the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Political-Military…