Afghanistan
A Scottish lecturer is the brains behind a project to build a Red Cross school specialising in fitting artificial limbs in Afghanistan, where many people have fallen victim to landmines. It is estimated there have been more than 100,000 landmine…
Afghanistan
TALKING POINTS London Conference Here at UNAMA we are busy along with the Government of Afghanistan and the UK Government with preparations for the London Conference at the end of the month. Over the coming days we have a number…
Afghanistan
IN THIS ISSUE - Afghan parliament holds first session - Terrorist activity continues to be at high level, including suicide attacks - NATO formally agrees to an expansion of ISAF to the southern provinces - The US Government announces a reduction in its…
Afghanistan
Fawzia Koofi: Trailblazer SEAL: Life as a single mother in Afghanistan is not easy but for Fawzia Koofi, it's only one of the many experiences in her life that have given her the strength and determination to become an MP. "My…
Afghanistan
State Department highlights U.S.-Afghan Women's Council projects The United States is working to enable Afghan women to participate and take leadership roles in the political and economic life of Afghanistan, according to a fact sheet released January 1 by the U.S.…
Afghanistan
TALKING POINTS New SRSG - Tom Koenigs The United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Tom Koenigs, a German national who has served the UN in Kosovo and Guatemala, as the new head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. Mr.…
Afghanistan
By Sakena Yacoobi "I am illiterate and I work as a local Daya (traditional birth attendant) in my village. One night people came and picked me up to deliver a baby in their home. The woman had very serious bleeding…
Afghanistan
E/CN.6/2006/5 Commission on the Status of Women Fiftieth session 27 February -10 March 2006 Item 3 of the provisio nal agenda* Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the special session of the General Assembly entitled…
Afghanistan + 20 more
State Department releases chronology of activities spanning 143 years The United States has spent more than a billion dollars in the past dozen years on humanitarian land mine removal efforts around the world. This money has been spent…
Afghanistan + 13 more
DC/3059 With decades of experience in disarming, demobilizing and reintegrating ex-combatants, including some 400,000 over the past five years alone, the United Nations today launched a new set of standards aimed at improving the process, which is considered essential to restoring…
