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New York, 8 July– The deferment of a vote on proposed internal security legislation in Hong Kong marks a major victory for democratic forces within the semi-autonomous territory, Freedom House said today. The decision by […]

Kabul, 4 July– Sitting in a relative’s dark, tiny room with no electricity and telephone in the capital, Kabul, Nik Mohammad, a newly deported Afghan from Britain, told IRIN he could not decide whether to […]

CHAMAN, Pakistan, 4 July– The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has relocated 3,651 Afghans to new sites inside Pakistan and Afghanistan during the first five days of an effort to clear a makeshift camp where thousands […]

Dushanbe, 3 July– The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has closed one of its major Central Asian aid corridors to Afghanistan when it halted logistics operations in Tajikistan’s eastern border crossing of Ishkashim. ”We are […]

Ankara, Turkey, 2 July– Officials of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) have expressed concern over human trafficking in Kyrgyzstan, which is said to be on the rise due to poverty, high unemployment and inadequate […]

The United Nations Development Fund’s first National Human Development Report on Pakistan was launched in the capital, Islamabad, on Tuesday, highlighting dangerous work for low pay, child labour, and poor health and education. The report, […]

Kingston, Jamaica, 2 July– In a message to Caribbean Heads of State gathered in Jamaica to discuss crucial issues affecting the region, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said the United Nations would continue to work in […]

CHAMAN, Pakistan, 30 June — The U.N. refugee agency relocated 800 Afghan refugees to new sites inside Pakistan and Afghanistan on Monday as it began to clear a controversial makeshift camp just inside the Pakistani […]