Lakhdar Brahimi, the senior United Nations envoy in Afghanistan, today continued his intensive consultations with various officials in Kabul in preparation for the next step in Afghanistan's political transition - a process that UN officials described as proceeding "apace."
Describing Afghan deminers as “real heroes,” the United Nations senior envoy for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, visited Kabul airport today to take stock of mine actions activities in the area.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, has made a number of recommendations aimed at strengthening and clarifying human rights aspects of the constitution now under debate in East Timor, the UN Transitional Administration (UNTAET) said today.
Deteriorating conditions in eastern Afghanistan are pushing more Afghans to flee towards Pakistan, a spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported today.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today that it had moved to a refugee camp in southern Pakistan about 1,000 Afghans who were part of a larger group that had unexpectedly arrived earlier this week in the no-man's land border area after fleeing bombardments in Afghanistan.
Resuming work on the territory's first-ever constitution, the East Timor Constituent Assembly today passed five articles dealing with the status, election and appointment of the President of the Republic, the United Nations Transitional Authority (UNTAET) reported.
Recognizing that the public health situation in Afghanistan was in a desperate state, the United Nations chief envoy for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, today said he hoped the international community would pay attention to this issue.
Thousands of women in Kabul have eagerly welcomed a large-scale United Nations drive to immunize Afghan children against measles - a major yet preventable killer disease among the young, UN officials said today.
