Rapports

SC/9762 Security Council 6198th Meeting (PM) Expressing its strong concern over the increase in violence and criminality in Afghanistan, the Security Council today extended the authorization for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) for 12 months beyond 13 October 2009. As its members…

On 6 December 2006, the UN General Assembly first voted to work 'towards an Arms Trade Treaty' to protect civilians worldwide from irresponsible arms transfers. For almost three years, governments have discussed what the treaty might look like. And in…

SC/9759 Security Council 6196th Meeting (AM & PM) The Security Council this morning called for a wide range of measures to strengthen the participation of women at all stages of peace processes, focusing on the period after peace agreements have been reached,…

Kabul, 30 September - I was dismayed to learn of yet another roadside blast yesterday in Maywand District, in Kandahar province. The explosion resulted in the death of a high number of civilians, including women and children, as they…

Key Points - Insecurity and uncertainty over elections disrupt humanitarian programming - Preparation of 2010 Humanitarian Action Plan ongoing - Sub-national polio campaign improves vaccination rates in areas with difficult access - New displacements reported in Helmand - Civilian casualties continue to exceed expected seasonal…

KABUL, Afghanistan - An improvised explosive device detonated beneath an Afghan passenger bus Sept. 29, in Kandahar province killing several Afghan adults and children and wounding many more. Afghan and International Security Assistance Force medical personnel treated casualties at the site…

Summary - Millions of Afghans turned out to vote in the country's first Afghan-led elections held in three decades, after a campaign in which presidential candidates directly debated the key issues. - Afghan institutions administered and supervised the presidential and provincial…

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Purpose of this study "Stop teaching and running the girls' school, otherwise you will be slaughtered." That was the message sent to the Headmaster of a girls' school in Logar, just south of Kabul, when unknown masked…

60th Meeting 28 September - 2 October 2009 Agenda Item 4 GENERAL DEBATE Ladies and Gentlemen, This statement has been drafted in consultation with, and is delivered on behalf of, a wide range of NGOs and aims to reflect the diversity of views…

SC/9751 Security Council 6194th Meeting (AM) The formation of an effective Afghan Government and the development of its strategies demanded decisions that would determine prospects for ending the intensified conflict in the country, the top United Nations official there…