The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers, who has repeatedly called on Afghanistan's neighbours to open their borders to fleeing Afghans, met with the President of Pakistan today to discuss the volatile situation.
The United Nations chief envoy for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, was set to leave New York today on his way to the region for a series of high-level consultations on the future of the war-torn country, UN officials said on Friday.
With world attention focusing on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the massive refugee flows and internal displacement highlight the need to work towards a settlement that addresses the root causes of conflict and human rights violations in the country, a United Nations expert writes in a report released today at UN Headquarters.
The Government of Uzbekistan has agreed to allow the United Nations, for the first time since 1998, to use the Termez River port to move humanitarian goods to Afghanistan, a senior UN official announced today.
The deepening food crisis in Afghanistan is threatening the country's people with mass starvation, according to a special report released today by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Some 70 per cent of the population of the Afghan city of Herat has fled to surrounding villages in the wake of recent air strikes, which included the use of cluster bombs, the United Nations reported today.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced that it has reached new agreements with 19 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working inside Afghanistan, paving the way for the distribution of food throughout the country.
After a briefing by the United Nations lead envoy on Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, members of the Security Council today backed his efforts in the search for a political solution in the country while expressing concern about the humanitarian plight of the Afghan people.
Despite an infusion of more than $19 million over the weekend, cash contributions for the first phase of operations to help people fleeing Afghanistan still fall far short of what is needed, the United Nations refugee agency said today.
The United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's special envoy for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, returned to New York today after visiting Washington, D.C., over the weekend for talks with United States government officials.
