Informes

Introduction Afghanistan is slowly emerging from 23 years of conflict. The time has come to establish the truth about the widespread human rights abuses that marked those long years of conflict, bring to justice those responsible and…

Executive Summary Background. Throughout the 20th century, the debate on women's rights and their role in Afghan society has been closely interlinked with the national destiny. Women not only carry the burden of symbolizing the honor of the family, but…

Program Description USAID/OTI is increasing citizen awareness of and confidence in the process of recovery, rehabilitation and democratic political development in post-conflict Afghanistan. This is being accomplished by: Increasing the Afghan government's responsiveness to citizens' needs; Increasing citizen awareness…

TALKING POINTS Secretary-General recommends UNAMA's mandate be extended for one year In the framework of the discussions by the Security Council on the extension of UNAMA's mandate, the latest report of the Secretary-General (SG) on Afghanistan was circulated among members of…

(A) Highlights (B) Middle East,Central Asia and Eastern Europe: (1) Afghanistan (2) Albania (3) Russian Federation (Caucasus) (C) East & Central Africa: (1) Burundi (2) Congo (3) Djibouti (4) Eritrea (5) Ethiopia (6) Rwanda (7) Somalia (8) Sudan (9) Tanzania (10)…

TALKING POINTS The international community is seeking to mobilize USD 148 million for the parliamentary elections A high-level donor conference was held yesterday in Kabul . The tentative operational plan for the parliamentary elections was presented to donors. The United…

TALKING POINTS Flood update A joint mission, consisting of UNICEF, the World Food Programme (WFP), and UNAMA returned to Kandahar yesterday after visiting the southern province of Nimroz. As you know there were reports of floods in the province. The mission…

AA 05 15 I am pleased to announce a further allocation of $15 million from AusAID's International Refugee Fund to support refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs) and asylum seekers in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, South East Asia and the Pacific. Australia's…

TALKING POINTS Update on Preparations for Potential Flooding at the national and provincial level Kabul Municipality has begun cleaning up the Kabul riverbed as part of its flood preparation activities. They are currently working on two sites in the city…

Objective The Commission on Human Rights should call on the Afghan government to speed up the process of disarming, demobilizing, and reintegrating illegal militia forces: to increase efforts to establish a functioning judicial system and professional police force; to increase efforts…