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Afghanistan: UN food agency rushes supplies to feed 60,000 in wake of floods

5 April 2007
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today stepped up assistance to victims of devastating spring floods in Afghanistan, sending 1,000 tonnes of emergency rations to feed 60,000 people for 30 days, but the agency is concerned about those affected who are beyond the reach of immediate help.

Surge in number of Afghans seeking UN help to return from Pakistan

3 April 2007
The United Nations refugee agency has had to open an extra repatriation centre in Pakistan and extend the opening hours of others to handle the larger than expected number of Afghans wanting help to return home ahead of a deadline later this month.
Afghans returning home

UN agency concerned at lack of access to thousands of Afghans displaced by conflict

27 March 2007
The United Nations refugee agency today expressed concern at the recent displacement of Afghans due to the ongoing conflict in the southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar, where nearly 5,000 families have been driven from their homes.
Afghans returning home

20,000 Afghan flood victims receive food and other emergency aid from UN agencies

26 March 2007
United Nations agencies are stepping up relief efforts for flood victims across Afghanistan, with assistance already on its way to nearly 4,000 families, or some 20,000 people.
Security Council

Security Council extends UN mission in Afghanistan

23 March 2007
The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) by another year, welcoming the mission’s recently expanded presence in the provinces and voicing concern at the harm caused by the production and trafficking of opium.
Tom Koenigs, SRSG in Afghanistan

UN envoy calls for greater international and internal efforts to stabilize Afghanistan

20 March 2007
The senior United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today called on both the international community and the war-torn country’s Government to increase efforts to promote reconstruction and bring lasting stability to the “place of hope and challenge.”

UNICEF gears up to boost Afghan education as new school year begins

19 March 2007
With more than 6 million Afghan children returning to school this week in grades 1 to 12, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has set itself a target of enrolling 400,000 more girls in basic education, providing learning materials to 5.4 million youngsters up to grade 9, and supplying teaching materials for over 100,000 teachers.

International community must help Afghanistan consolidate peace – UN report

19 March 2007
While progress has been made in Afghanistan in coordinating national and international efforts for development and countering the insurgency in the south, mounting violence from an emboldened insurgency, popular alienation and human rights issues put the country and its partners at “a critical juncture,” according to a new United Nations report.

Afghanistan: UN mission urges release of journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo and crew

17 March 2007
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today joined a growing chorus of official calls for the release of journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo and his Afghan colleagues.
USG Guéhenno

Afghanistan: political, economic development must accompany military strategy – UN

12 March 2007
Military strategy has to be combined with political and development strategy in Afghanistan’s violence-torn south and south-eastern provinces, the top United Nations peacekeeping official said today.