The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today reported a sharp rise in the number of Afghans fleeing across borders to neighbouring Pakistan.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today reported a rise in the number of Afghans being smuggled out of their country through costly illegal channels.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said the United Nations was continuing its efforts to bring aid to the suffering people of Afghanistan while working to protect its personnel in the country.
Following the air strikes against Afghanistan, United Nations offices in Pakistan have been attacked by angry demonstrators but no personnel were injured, UN officials said today.
The United Nations refugee agency said today it was in a race against time as it was using the period of relative calm to gear up, together with its partners, for a possible exodus of large numbers of Afghans into neighbouring countries.
With cold weather approaching, the already dire humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is expected to worsen, putting millions of people at grave risk, a senior United Nations official warned today.
Responding to the grave humanitarian and political situation affecting Afghanistan and the surrounding region, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today signalled his intention to reappoint Lakhdar Brahimi as his Special Representative to that country.
As United Nations aid agencies rush relief supplies to war-torn and drought-stricken Afghanistan, Secretary-General Kofi Annan and other UN officials are warning that the coming winter could spell even greater danger for the country's beleaguered civilians.
A second emergency airlift carrying nearly 45 metric tonnes of blankets and plastic sheeting arrived today in Pakistan as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) continued preparations for a possible new influx from Afghanistan.
