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UNHCR worker registers Afghan refugees

UN refugee agency begins clearing controversial Afghan camp in Pakistan

30 June 2003
The United Nations refugee agency today began clearing a controversial makeshift camp just inside the Pakistani border where nearly 20,000 Afghan refugees had been stranded since early 2002 in an area insecure and rife with smugglers.
Afghan refugees at transit centre at Dogharoun, Iran

Returning Afghan refugees pass quarter million mark for 2003 – UN agency

25 June 2003
The number of Afghan refugees returning home from neighbouring countries so far in 2003 passed the quarter-million mark today, well below the overwhelming numbers of a year ago but still very high by standards of most refugee movements, the United Nations refugee agency reported.
USG Guéhenno briefs the Council

Faced with insecurity and drugs, Afghanistan needs beefed up help - UN officials

17 June 2003
With insecurity threatening to derail Afghanistan's entire political process and the country's drug production turning the old Silk Road into a new "opium-paved road," two top United Nations officials called on the international community today to beef up deployment of security forces there and provide other vital assistance.

UN, Afghanistan, Iran sign new pact on refugee returns

17 June 2003
The governments of Iran and Afghanistan have signed a joint agreement with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on the voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees.
Council President Amb. Sergey Lavrov

Security Council backs Afghanistan's efforts to battle lawlessness, illicit drug trade

17 June 2003
The Security Council today strongly backed efforts in Afghanistan to reign in lawlessness, with a particular emphasis on curbing the illicit drug trade emanating from that country.

De-mining resumes on main Afghan road – UN

12 June 2003
De-mining work has resumed along parts of the Kabul to Kandahar road, one of Afghanistan’s most important routes for commerce and relief aid, after extra security measures were put in place following a recent rash of attacks, the United Nations said today.

UN-backed campaign to vaccinate 5 million Afghan children against measles

5 June 2003
The Afghan Government, with support from two United Nations agencies, today launched this year’s countrywide, month-long campaign to vaccinate 5 million children against measles.