Afghan

Concerned over Afghanistan’s security, Annan urges expansion of international force

17 July 2002
Calling security in Afghanistan an ongoing “cause for concern,” Secretary-General Kofi Annan has advocated a limited expansion of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) currently deployed in Kabul, according to a report released today at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Local Afghan leaders assure UN official that refugees will be allowed to return safely

11 July 2002
Following a recent spate of attacks on ethnic minorities in northern Afghanistan, local officials have assured the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) that people who had been forced to flee would be able to safely return to their homes.
Antonio M. Costa

UN drug control office reports to donors on plans to rid Afghanistan of illegal narcotics

11 July 2002
The United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP) today presented donors with its plans to help Afghanistan break a decade-long dependence on opium poppy cultivation.

Afghanistan: UNESCO seeks $27 million to rebuild country's education system

9 July 2002
In a bid to rebuild Afghanistan's war-ravaged education system, the United Nations today appealed for $27 million to meet the country's urgent need for school supplies, facilities and teacher training.

Afghanistan: ordnance from ammunition dump blast largely cleared, UN reports

5 July 2002
Workers have completed the emergency phase of a clearance operation aimed at ridding Afghanistan's Spin Boldak region of unexploded ordnance remaining after last month's ammunition dump explosion, a United Nations spokeswoman reported today.

Afghanistan: UN agency voices concern at escalating violence in north

2 July 2002
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today welcomed the decision by Afghanistan's Transitional Authority to send a special delegation to address the harassment of ethnic minorities in the northern and central parts of the country.