Rapports

SC/9340 Security Council 5898th Meeting (AM & PM) Presidential Statement on Civilian Protection Follows Day-Long Debate; Emergency Relief Coordinator Supports Creation of Informal Expert Group on Issue Expressing its deepest concern that civilians continued to suffer the brunt of the violence during armed…

KABUL, Afghanistan - Three Afghan children died Wednesday 21 May in an explosion in Pashtunkot district, Fariab province. Initial investigation by the Afghan National Police and Meymaneh Provincial Reconstruction Team police shows the cause of the explosion was an unexploded ordnance,…

Kabul, 15 May 2008 I have spent 12 days in Afghanistan at the invitation of the Government and I am deeply grateful to them for the full cooperation I received. I have visited Helmand, Kabul, Kandahar, Kunar, Nangarhar, Jowzjan, and…

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) began helping Afghan people in 1979 from Pakistan, providing medical and surgical assistance to the war-wounded in Peshawar and Quetta. Since 1987, the ICRC has been present in Afghanistan. Today, with…

Continued commitment to the Social Protection sector is of crucial importance if Afghanistan is to lift itself out of poverty. This paper aims to explore emergent issues in the sector as identified by national and internationals NGOs and international…

£130 million to support ground-breaking projects that will give a voice to the poor in developing countries and help them fight for their rights, was announced today by Douglas Alexander, International Development Secretary. The Department for International Development's (DFID) Governance and…

NEW YORK, 18 April 2008 - On the eve of the Global Day of Action to Ban Cluster Bombs, the United Nations Development Programme released a report calling the impact of cluster munitions on civilians a blow to development and…

KABUL, Afghanistan - Regional Command Capital (RC-Capital) engineers and Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) teams of the French Battlegroup recently conducted an unexploded ordnance (UXO) awareness day for Sahr Dareh locals and others in northern areas of Kabul. Many people, including several…

AA 08 27 Australia will mark International Mine Action Day on 4 April with an expanded contribution to landmine and unexploded ordnance clearance in Afghanistan. We will provide $10 million to help continuing efforts to clear mines, assist survivors and provide…

KABUL, Afghanistan, 3 April 2008 - Landmines have killed or injured more than 70,000 Afghans in the last two decades, and they continue to cause hundreds more casualties each year. As the United Nations prepares to mark the second annual…