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OHCHR (NORAH NILAND): Today, on behalf of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, I am launching a report on the Human Rights Dimension of Poverty in Afghanistan. We are all aware that Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in…
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29 March 2010 - Transcript of press conference in Kabul with Dr Haider Reza, Programme Director for the Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA). MACCA (DR HAIDER REZA): Ladies and gentlemen, once more it is a pleasure to be…
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SG/SM/12816 OBV/865 Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's message for the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, to be observed on 4 April: Landmines and explosive remnants of war continue to inflict a terrible toll. These indiscriminate weapons…
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Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Presents Reports on Technical Assistance to Guatemala, Bolivia, Cyprus, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Colombia and Nepal The Human Rights Council today took up its agenda item on technical…
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KABUL, 23 March 2010 (IRIN) - Hidden on roadsides, behind boulders or on cultivated land, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are killing or maiming dozens of civilians every month, according to rights groups and government officials. IEDs killed 773 civilians in…
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SC/9889 Security Council 6290th Meeting (AM) Text Stresses Importance of Upcoming Polls, Security for International Staff The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) until 23 March 2011, realigning it to assist the Government in…
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OSLO (March 18, 2010) - Afghanistan's new law giving amnesty to people accused of serious war crimes, including violence against women and children, is a long step away from securing basic rights for the Afghan people, warns CARE. The promise…
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Geneva (ICRC) - The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) will tonight present a cheque for 100,000 euros to Lionel Messi, who amassed almost 250,000 votes to be named the first-choice striker of the uefa.com users' Team of the…
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By Cornelia Walther KABUL, Afghanistan, 17 March 2010 - Narwin is just 14 years old, but she is already engaged to a man that she has never set eyes on. "My parents say they do not care if I'm…
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MORNING 10 March 2010 The Human Rights Council this morning began its annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child on the theme of the fight against sexual violence against children, holding a panel discussion on manifestations…
