Informes

OSRSG/080826-11 New York, 25 August 2008 - The Special Representative voiced her grave concern on the high toll of civilian victims, mostly children, caused by an aerial bombardment in Shindand district of the Herat Province in Afghanistan on August…

Arg, Kabul. Hamed Karzai, President of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan strongly condemned the unilateral operation of the Coalition Forces in Shindand district of Herat Province. Initial reports by the members of the Provincial Council and local security officials of Herat…

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) began helping Afghan people in 1979 from Pakistan, providing medical and surgical assistance to the war-wounded in Peshawar and Quetta. Since 1987, the ICRC has been present in Afghanistan. Today, with…

DSG/SM/410 Following is the text of Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro's remarks to the American Bar Association, in New York on 9 August: It gives me great pleasure to address the Opening Assembly of the American Bar Association's 2008 Annual Meeting. Before I…

TEHRAN, Islamic Republic of Iran, August 8 (UNHCR) - In 2003, Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work on behalf of democracy and human rights, in particular the rights…

AFGHAN YOUTH TO CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY AND DISCUSS THEIR PRIORITIES AT A CONFERENCE International Youth Day will be celebrated in Kabul tomorrow 5 August 2008 from 9 am to 5 pm at the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul The main objective…

WE, the 100 national and international NGO members of ACBAR, express our grave concern about the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan and the serious impact on civilians. There has been a surge in the number of civilian casualties caused…

Mogadishu, Grozny, Kabul and Baghdad have all been affected by the violence of an armed conflict at one time or another. For humanitarian organizations, which often work more in rural areas, these places present particular challenges. Are other towns…

By Homayon Khoram The historic city of Bamyan will be cleared of landmines by October this year. A total of 1800 000 square metres of land contaminated with mines and Unexploded Ordinance (UXOs) will be cleared except for four sites which…

Good morning everybody. I'm Aleem Siddique from the UNAMA Spokesperson's Office. We're pleased to be joined by Christina Oguz from the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Afghanistan. Christina will make some brief remarks to update…