Rapports

GENEVA (16 August 2021) - UN human rights experts* today issued a statement calling on Member States to take immediate and preventive action to prevent the slaughter of civilians, the destruction of essential civilian infrastructure, and…

Fifth Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict in Afghanistan New York, 16 August 2021 – The fifth report of the UN Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict in Afghanistan is being released against a…

HIGHLIGHTS During the reporting period, political upheaval, conflict and violence, and a deteriorating humanitarian situation in Afghanistan has brought increased human suffering and civilian displacement in the country. Some 550,000 Afghans have now been internally displaced in the…

KEY HIGHLIGHTS Thousands continue to be displaced into Kabul and other urban areas in large numbers. The Government and humanitarian partners have deployed more than inter-agency assessment teams in Kabul to verify internally displaced people (IDPs) and assess…

Summary The present report, submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 1612 (2005) and subsequent resolutions, is the fifth report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Afghanistan. It contains information on the six grave violations…

Governments Should Suspend Deportations, Forced Returns (New York) – Afghans at heightened risk of persecution from advancing Taliban forces are in urgent need of evacuation and international protection abroad, Human Rights Watch said today. Foreign governments should…

I have just returned to New York and would like to speak to you about the grave situation in Afghanistan. Even [for] a country that has tragically known generations of conflict, Afghanistan is in the throes of…

(Excerpt) Situation in Afghanistan Shabia Mantoo, for the United Nations Refugees Agency (UNHCR), said the human toll of spiralling hostilities in Afghanistan was immense. The United Nations Assistance Mission had warned that without a significant de-escalation in violence,…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee…

Escalating conflict is increasing suffering and humanitarian needs for millions of Afghans across the country. “We are bracing ourselves for a major humanitarian crisis. Terrified families have been fleeing into Kabul in the past days. Camps are…