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Ankara, 17 November, 2003— The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is temporarily closing its voluntary repatriation centres (VRCs) in Pakistan. The announcement follows a deadly attack in the southeastern Afghan […]

New York, 14 November, 2003— Despite international efforts to stop the practice, children are still being recruited and used as child soldiers on a massive scale, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan says in a new […]

Kabul, 12 November, 2003— The United Nations in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar has told its staff to stay home and banned all street movements in the city until further notice after a car […]

Kabul, 9 November, 2003— Afghanistan has taken another step forward on the road to democracy with the publication of its draft constitution, the United Nations Mission (UNAMA) in the country announced today. Hailing this development […]

Konduz, 27 October, 2003– Following continual calls by aid workers and Afghans alike for the expansion of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) outside the confines of the Afghan capital, Kabul, the first ISAF forces […]

New York, 24 October, 2003– Early in her political career she knocked on doors asking for voters’ support for her candidacy. Now, at the United Nations, Ambassador Ellen Sauerbrey is knocking on the doors of […]

Ankara, 20 October 2003– Reporters Without Borders (RSF) gave a scathing review of Turkmenistan’s press freedom record, describing it as the worst in Central Asia and one of the world’s top 10 offenders. ”This is […]

Rome, 15 October– Three years after it stopped being a recipient of aid from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Viet Nam today delivered almost 1,500 tons of rice to Iraq, the agency said. […]