Rapports

This chapter provides a summary of the general environment in which UNHCR is operating in Asia and the Pacific, and the organization’s planned responses in 2015. Mention is made of major challenges including those related to…

London Conference Key Moment for Accountability, Women’s Rights (London) – Afghanistan’s foreign donors should press the new Afghan government to address the country’s persistent human rights problems at a major upcoming international donor conference, Human Rights Watch…

Kabul, 26 November 2014 -- The humanitarian community in Afghanistan launched its annual appeal for $405 million for life saving assistance in Afghanistan. The humanitarian community will assist 3.8 million most vulnerable Afghans with food, health…

KEY HUMANITARIAN ISSUES Conflict causes death, injury and displacement 7,965 civilians killed and injured by conflict January-September 2014, 22 per cent of which were children. 105,800 people fled their homes, in the same period, amidst increased fighting in…

SC/11664-AFG/431 The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Gary Quinlan (Australia): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the suicide attack on 23 November in Paktika, Afghanistan, which caused…

KABUL, 24 November 2014 - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns in the strongest terms yesterday’s suicide attack in Yahyakhail district in the south-eastern province of Paktika. On 23 November, a suicide attacker detonated…

GA/11589 Sixty-ninth session, 57th Meeting (PM) GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETINGS COVERAGE Afghanistan, which this year saw the first democratic transfer of power from one president to another, had great potential, through its new unified Government, to serve as a hub for connectivity…

KABUL, 20 November 2014 (IRIN) - Slowly but surely, NGOs and UN bodies are admitting it publicly - they are dealing with the Taliban again. While such deals have been developing in private for several years,…

The activities proposed hereafter are still subject to the adoption of the financing decision ECHO/WWD/BUD/2015/01000 AMOUNT: EUR 54 796 000 1. CONTEXT The countries covered by this Humanitarian Implementation Plan are prone to a variety of natural disasters (floods and…

Overview Since 2002 more than 5.8 million Afghan refugees have voluntarily returned home. About 4.7 million of them have been assisted by UNHCR through the largest voluntary return programme in its history. Returnees currently make up more…