The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Government of Pakistan today signed a landmark agreement to establish a joint screening process for Afghans who have fled to Pakistan to escape drought and conflict in their homeland.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) expressed concern today about the increasing lack of hospitality - and in some cases downright hostility - towards Afghan refugees, not only in the immediate region, but all across the world.
Following three days of talks with the Taliban in Kabul, the United Nations Coordinator for Afghanistan today reported a stalemate over the issue of hiring Afghan women, and warned that without a breakthrough on that point the UN would be forced to suspend a key food project in the country.
The United Nations today voiced its protest over obstacles faced by aid workers in Afghanistan, where a key food project is threatened with termination because of the policies imposed by Taliban officials.
In a bid to strengthen the international arms embargo against the Taliban and keep track of terrorist training camps in Afghanistan, a group of experts has recommended the establishment of a new United Nations sanctions monitoring office based in Vienna.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that it had resumed its assistance to needy Afghans stranded on an island on the Afghan-Tajik border.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today urged all sides in Afghanistan's conflict to halt their fighting so that relief workers can reach those in need.
