Rapports

Kabul - Monday 9 July 2007 Nazifullah Salarzai, UNAMA Outreach Officer: Welcome to today's UNAMA press conference, where I am joined by UNAMA Spokesperson Adrian Edwards, and our guest speaker today, Doctor Mohammad Haidar Reza, who is the new Programme…

Nilab Mobarez, UNAMA Press Officer: Welcome to today's press conference. We have a few announcements to make from the UN family here in Afghanistan before we turn to your questions. Rome conference on Rule of Law starts today United Nations Secretary-General…

Australia will provide $7 million in additional aid to Afghanistan in a demonstration of our ongoing support for the critical task of establishing peace and democracy. Following a request from Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, the Australian Government will also fund…

Thirty Years of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions: The journey so far Barrister Bayo Bola-Solarin The Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 are treaties, which are universally accepted for the protection of war victims. Their universal acceptance is total…

IN THIS ISSUE: - At least 97 civilians killed as a direct consequence of the actions of international forces. - At least 83 police, police trainers or their relatives killed or injured in targeted attacks. - At least 39 civilians killed…

Address by Angelo Gnaedinger, ICRC Director-General, Humanitarian and Resident Coordinators' Retreat, Geneva, 9 May 2007 Mr Chairman, dear colleagues and friends, Allow me to begin by saying how pleased I am to be here with you this afternoon, and by…

HERAT, Afghanistan (June 26) - More than 6,000 Afghan school children in Herat have learned more about the dangers of mines and how to keep themselves safe through Operation White Butterfly, a Provincial Reconstruction Team Herat program. The Italian-run PRT…

KABUL, Afghanistan - Clear Path International (CPI), a U.S.-based humanitarian mine action nonprofit organization, has received a multi-year contract from DynCorp International to start a landmine survivor assistance program in Afghanistan on behalf of the U.S. Department of State. With an…

New York, 19 June 2007 - Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, raises concerns about the worsening security situation in Afghanistan and its impact on children. Anti-government forces allegedly killed eleven children during a suicide bomb…

Nilab Mobarez, UNAMA (translated from Dari): In the name of God, good morning to all of you. My name is Nilab Mobarez from UNAMA's Spokesperson's Office and I welcome you to today's press conference. Today we are joined by…