Rapports

Government of Afghanistan continues to "set an agenda of peace" for Afghan children GENEVA / NEW YORK, 23 September 2003 - UNICEF has hailed Afghanistan's formal ratification of an international agreement to curb the recruitment of child soldiers. At a United…

TALKING POINTS Update on the Constitution The registration process of district representatives who will eventually elect delegates for the Constitutional Loya Jirga (CLJ) is scheduled to begin at the end of this month (September). During this registration stage the list of…

Extract Spokesperson: Jean Philippe Chauzy BELGIUM - Return of Qualified Afghans Website - Today, IOM Brussels has launched a new EU-RQA website http://www.iom-rqa.org. The site offers increased functionality and enables the end-user to obtain the most current information available about the…

Landmine Update is a quarterly newsletter prepared and disseminated by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). It reflects the activities of the ICBL, its member organizations, its partner agencies and pro-ban governments in a three-month…

TALKING POINTS Police Training Academy in Gardez to be completed in November We have been telling you repeatedly about security concerns. We have had security incidents, some very serious ones, like the one a week or so ago with the DACAAR…

The following statement was issued on 6 September in Kabul, Afghanistan, by Miloon Kothari, the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights: "As the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing appointed by the United Nations…

A/58/323 Fifty-eighth session Item 61 of the provisional agenda* Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit I. Introduction 1. A major disaster befell the United Nations on 19 August 2003, when 15 United Nations staff members and seven others were…

Program Description USAID/OTI's program goal is to support the process of recovery, rehabilitation, and political development in post-conflict Afghanistan. Working with local and international partners, the program is building citizen confidence in the progress of political development, empowering citizens to address…

TALKING POINTS Memorial Postponement Judging by the high numbers present here today I trust you received our media advisory late yesterday afternoon. Thank you for being able to adjust your plans at such a short notice. The Memorial Service we had…

Security The security situation in Afghanistan continues to represent the major concern of the population, the Afghan government and the international community. As NATO took over command of the International Security Assistance Force on 11th August, there were renewed calls from…