Afghan

Louise Arbour

UN rights chief heads to Afghanistan to support moves to deal with past abuses

27 January 2005
The top United Nations human rights official is due to arrive in Afghanistan later today to offer her support to local efforts to tackle past human rights abuses during the country's many years of civil war and Taliban rule.
SRSG Jean Arnault briefs the Council

Afghanistan elections in April or May bring pressing deadlines, UN says

10 January 2005
With Afghanistan facing parliamentary elections this spring, the United Nations envoy for Afghanistan today called on the international community to prepare to pay between $120 million and $130 million towards the cost, depending on the final dates chosen by the yet-to-be appointed Independent Electoral Commission.
Ruud Lubbers

UN refugee official to visit Afghanistan next week to boost repatriation

7 January 2005
With nearly 3 million Afghans still living in Pakistan and Iran, the top United Nations refugee official will visit Afghanistan next week in an effort to solve the problem and develop new approaches to managing population movements within the region.