2012 proves to have been the most successful in recent times as far as the opening of negotiations and peace processes. 46.3% of the 54 analyzed negotiations were resolved favorably.

Selon le nouveau rapport statistique du HCR sur les tendances mondiales, les déplacements forcés n’ont jamais été aussi nombreux depuis 18 ans

Un rapport publié aujourd’hui par le HCR, le Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés, montre qu’il y a aujourd’hui davantage de réfugiés ou de déplacés internes qu’à tout autre moment depuis 1994(1), la crise en Syrie étant devenue un nouveau facteur majeur de déplacement forcé dans le monde.

18 June 2013 – In his latest report on Afghanistan to the United Nations Security Council, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has highlighted a range of issues including an urgent need to finalize electoral legislations and appointments to Afghan electoral institutions for a timely presidential election next year, which will mark the political transition.

A UNHCR report says that more people are refugees or internally displaced than at any time since 1994, with the crisis in Syria having emerged as a major factor.

18 June 2013 – The United Nations human rights Office today expressed concern over President Hâmid Karzai’s appointment of five new commissioners to the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), stressing that selection processes must follow agreed international standards.

18-06-2013 Feature

The right of the wounded and sick to receive timely medical care and be protected from attack is spelt out under international humanitarian law. Yet in Syria and elsewhere, intimidation of health workers and attacks on medical facilities are taking place regardless.

Demarcy and Salihan villages of Panjwayee district of Kandahar province are now cleared from all types of known mines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) and were officially handed over to the communities and the Government of Afghanistan during a ceremony held on May 7, 2013. The ceremony, hosted by the MACCA Kandahar Regional Office, was well attended by the department of refugees and repatriation, department of urban development and department of economy of Kandahar province and also members of the communities involved.

I. Introduction

1. The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 67/16 and Security Council resolution 2096 (2013), in which the Council requested me to report on developments in Afghanistan every three months.

Afghanistan can be a dangerous place – even for Afghan national staff. Wahidullah Amani was nervous when he visited schools in a particularly insecure part of the country, but he was inspired by the courage of the schoolgirls he met.