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15 July 2010 - The Ministry of Public Health in partnership with UNICEF and WHO is implementing for the first time, a comprehensive package designed to protect children in vulnerable and hard-to-reach districts. Child Health Weeks – as this initiative is called – will target 160 000 children under…

NEW YORK - Kimberly Prost, the newly appointed Ombudsperson of the Security Council’s 1267 Committee — also known as the Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee — pledged at Headquarters today that she would make her office independent and accessible to sanctioned individuals seeking redress. The…

15 July 2010 - The official tasked with helping to decide which names of individuals or entities to remove from the list of those subject to Security Council sanctions measures against Al-Qaida and the Taliban said today that petitioners can be assured of receiving a fair and effective hearing of…

17July 2010 - The Afghan Department of Social Affairs has trained more than 100 members of Government and civil society in eastern Afghanistan about juvenile justice with a longer term goal of keeping underage offenders out of prisons. “The overall objective of the training was to help bring…

KABUL - Dozens of Afghan women from the provinces of Kandahar in the south to Takhar in the north are calling on Afghan leaders to give more visibility to women’s rights at the Kabul Conference on Tuesday, cautioning that unless more is done to include women in the national decision making, the…

19 July 2010 - People in Afghanistan’s eastern region hope that tomorrow’s Kabul Conference will conclude with positive steps towards bringing sustainable peace and economic development to their country. Most of the more than dozen people United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)…

19 July 2010 - Final preparations are underway in the Afghan capital of Kabul today as dozens of foreign ministers are arriving for the first major international conference on Afghanistan to be hosted in the country. The Kabul Conference, hosted by the Government of Afghanistan and co-chaired by the…

19 July 2010 - Afghan singer Farhad Darya entertains fans of all ages at a peace concert on the eve of the Kabul Conference. The Kabul-born artist said he wants to remind Afghan leaders and the international community to think of the people of Afghanistan tomorrow when making their decisions. Darya…

20 July 2010 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Kabul today to attend the International Conference on Afghanistan to be held on 20 July. The Conference is another important step in furthering the transition to Afghan lead and responsibility. The Government of Afghanistan will present its…

19 July 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is headed to Kabul for a major international gathering on Tuesday at which he will call on Afghans to unite in the interest of peace and development in their country. The International Conference on Afghanistan, also known as the Kabul Conference, will be…