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After more than two decades of war, Afghanistan is one of the most mine-affected countries in the world and children are the first victims of these lethal weapons. Because of the indiscriminate nature of these weapons more than 50%…

ACTED Indonesia: A new boat to go beyond road access problems ACTED teams working in the ?eld do so in collaboration with local economic and social actors as well as with the populations. In the course of their projects, ACTED…

UNAMA: Ladies and gentlemen, Salam Alaikum. Good afternoon everyone and welcome to our press conference today. I am Nazifullah Salarzai from UNAMA Spokesperson's Office. Today sees UNICEF launch its global report on the State of the World's Children. We are joined…

UNICEF RESPONDS TO THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND WOMEN AFFECTED BY FOOD SHORTAGES AND HIGH PRICES OF BASIC COMMODITIES, AS ACCESS IS HAMPERED BY HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOCKED ROADS IN ADDITION TO CONFLICT - In many areas of Afghanistan people suffer…

During 2007, violence in Afghanistan escalated and the context remained one of the ICRC's largest operations worldwide with more than 1,200 locally recruited and expatriate staff working to help people affected by war. The ICRC's delegation is located in…

"I want to become a pediatrician when I grow up, so that I can help orphan children in my country," says 13-year-old Mariam. A studious 6th grader, she attends the CWS-supported Child Rehabilitation Center of Kabul in the afternoon…

SC/9219 Security Council 2007 Round-up The Security Council in 2007 focused intensive efforts on resolving, monitoring and managing a daunting range of complex situations already on its agenda, in concert with the new Secretary-General, developing groundbreaking peacekeeping arrangements and…

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…

Nilab Mobarez, UNAMA (translated from Dari): Good morning to everyone. I am Nilab Mobarez, from UNAMA Spokesman's office. I would like to welcome you to our press conference. Our press conference today is special because Mr. Tom Koenigs the…

General Assembly Sixty-second session Agenda item 66 (a) Promotion and protection of the rights of children Security Council Sixty-second year I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Security Council presidential statement (S/PRST/2006/48), by which the Council requested me to submit a report…