Seeking to develop a common vision of women's role in peace-building and reconstruction in Afghanistan, female leaders from across the country today launched an effort to work out a series of recommendations to be presented during Friday's commemoration of International Women's Day in Kabul.
Meeting today with the Chairman of Afghanistan's Interim Administration for the first time since a deadly earthquake hit the country earlier this week, a senior United Nations envoy re-stated the availability of the world body's relief aid to the affected area.
Just two days into a new initiative by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to help Afghans voluntarily return to their home country, some 3,000 have crossed the border from Pakistan, the agency announced today.
The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, today expressed his deep sadness at the loss of life from the earthquake and severe landslides that had struck Afghanistan on Sunday, while UN relief workers rushed in to assess emergency needs.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today announced the start of an airlift operation designed to provide urgently needed assistance to women and girls in Afghanistan.
With the arrival of Spring and growing stability in Afghanistan, the United Nations refugee agency today repatriated 150 Afghans as part of a larger programme aimed at helping the country’s beleaguered people return home.
A senior United Nations official visited Afghanistan today, where he discussed various initiatives to rebuild the war-shattered nation with UN staff organizing those efforts.
