Informes

January to June 2000 1. Overview / Executive summary The provision of assistance to Afghanistan by the United Nations (UN), international and national NGOs has, for the second year followed a principled approach consistent with the Strategic Framework…

Afghan Technical Consultants Mine, Battle Area Clearance, EOD, Mine Awareness Education and Non-Demining Projects Implementation Partner NGO Mines pose a big threat to the life and property of the local population. The existence of millions of mines, in 70 different countries of…

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 28 April 2000 -- About 4% of Afghanistan's population of 20 million--or 800,000 children, women and men--are disabled, said Peter Coleridge today in a press briefing at the Office of…

The United Nations has stepped up its appeal for funds in a campaign to help hundreds of thousands of Afghans disabled by the combined effects of war and poverty. With a population of 20 million, Afghanistan has 800,000 disabled people,…

The Goal of the Fund is to contribute to the process to rid the world of the threat of anti-personnel landmines. CIDA's role within the Fund, is to lead in areas of victim assistance and rehabilitation (physical, psychological, social,…

Activities The Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) today commemorated the second anniversary of the opening for signature of the landmine ban treaty with events around the world. "The past two years have demonstrated that a new…

Mazar Mission A mission of international staff of UNICEF, UNHCR, WFP, Habitat, FAO and the Office of UN Coordinator for Afghanistan visited Mazar from 17th to 19th May. This was the first mission of UN international staff since the UN's…

JOHANNESBURG, 3 May (IRIN)=A0- Delegates attending the first meeting of signatories of the 1997 Ottawa Landmine Ban Treaty which opened in Maputo, Mozambique, on Monday, were told that three African countries which had put their signatures to the treaty…

Joint communication to the press: ICRC No. 99/10 - Federation No. 99/05 Geneva (ICRC/Federation) - On behalf of the hundreds of thousands of mine victims and the millions who live each day in fear of those weapons, the International Committee…

Afghanistan's anti-landmine campaigners have voted to press ahead with efforts to ban the lethal weapons and vowed to closely monitor both sides in the country's bitter civil war. The vote, held by the Afghan Campaign to Ban Landmines, won immediate…