Afghan

Locusts threaten Afghan wheat harvest; FAO acts to protect the crop

10 May 2002
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today it was mobilizing a major campaign to combat what may be the worst locust outbreak to hit Afghanistan in 30 years.

Afghanistan: Brahimi, German Chancellor discuss latest developments

9 May 2002
The top United Nations envoy for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, met today in Kabul with visiting German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to review the latest developments in the country.
Ruud Lubbers

Many Afghans returning home with 'next to nothing,' top UN refugee official warns

8 May 2002
While welcoming the return home of more than half a million Afghans over the past few weeks, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers, warned today that more must be done inside the war- and drought-ravaged country to ensure the sustainability of the repatriation effort.

UN team completes investigations into alleged mass graves in Afghanistan

7 May 2002
A United Nations forensics team left Afghanistan today after completing an investigation into alleged mass graves at three sites around the country.

Afghanistan could face new hunger crisis if new funds are not pledged, UN warns

2 May 2002
Malnutrition and even starvation could break out in Afghanistan if new funds are not pledged for efforts to bring relief to the country, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today, appealing for urgent aid to help millions of extremely poor Afghans.

Afghanistan: UN envoy in touch with interim leaders to control fighting in north

1 May 2002
Seeking to help foster stability in Afghanistan, the senior United Nations envoy in the country is conducting talks with Interim Administration Chairman Hamid Karzai and other Afghan leaders to bring the fighting in the north under control, a UN spokesman reported today.