Afghanistan
AI Index: ASA 11/023/2003 1. Introduction The rights and status of women in Afghanistan became an issue of global concern prior to the military intervention by a US-led coalition that led to the end of the Taleban regime in November 2001.…
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TALKING POINTS Update on the Constitutional Process In Badghis (West) the registration of some 300 district representatives (70 percent of the expected voters) who will elect delegates for the Constitutional Loya Jirga (CLJ) was completed on 1 October after a fourth…
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US. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: This Situation Report updates USAID/OFDA Afghanistan Situation Report #4, dated March 13, 2003. Background Two decades of war in Afghanistan, including a…
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TALKING POINTS Joint Statement by UNAMA and UNICEF on the burning of schools in Chahar Bolak The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) deplore the burning of two schools on 27 September…
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It's a pleasure to be here to give you a short update on the justice reform activities of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). I will talk about prisons and also other justice reform activities as…
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SC/7884 Security Council 4835th Meeting (AM) The restoration of the rule of law was a sine qua non for the sustainable resolution of conflict and the rebuilding of secure, orderly and humane societies, Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations,…
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REPATRIATION TO AFGHANISTAN FROM IRAN & PAKISTAN Over the past two years, UNHCR and its partners, notably the Governments of Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Pakistan, have facilitated the voluntary return of more than 2.5 million Afghan refugees and…
Afghanistan
TALKING POINTS Secretary-General's address to High-level Ad-Hoc Meeting on Afghanistan In New York yesterday, United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, asked a special ministerial meeting (of some 20 countries) on Afghanistan for renewed help for the Afghan Government. The Secretary-General said governments should…
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Commits support for urgent action to protect children's rights KABUL, 25 September 2003 - The United Nations Children's Fund today expresses its serious concern over reported incidents of abduction and trafficking of children in Afghanistan. Reports received from the Afghan Independent Human…
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STEADY PROGRESS BEING MADE BUT URGENT NEEDS STILL EVIDENT: To extend emergency obstetric care services to all provinces Reduce mortality and morbidity from preventable diseases through immunization To provide Water and Environmental Sanitation services in additional 1,560 schools To increase…
