Bern, 06.03.2018 - On 6 March 2018, Swiss Ambassador Thomas Kolly and Afghanistan's Minister of Finance Eklil Hakimi signed a framework agreement in Kabul on technical and financial cooperation and...
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Bern, 06.03.2018 - On 6 March 2018, Swiss Ambassador Thomas Kolly and Afghanistan's Minister of Finance Eklil Hakimi signed a framework agreement in Kabul on technical and financial cooperation and...
(Extract) Editorial Illicit drug use of opium, heroin and other opiates has significantly increased throughout Afghanistan and has become one of the country's most worrisome challenges. Overall, it...
(Extract) Editorial With 2012 coming to an end, SDC looks back on the achievements of its programmes and partners in the domains of livelihood and governance. The first article highlights some of the...
(Extract) Editorial SDC supports culture and 'human rights from an Islamic perspective', albeit with a very small contribution. Over the past quarter, however, it was possible to show that, even with...
Swiss Cooperation Office Afghanistan launched “10 Stories” booklet on the occasion of its 10-year anniversary The “10 Stories – 10 years of SDC engagement in Afghanistan” booklet was launched on...
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The Swiss Cooperation Office in Afghanistan celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2012. Subject to fundamental changes, Afghanistan is one of the so-called “fragile” states. Given this complex and...
Over the past three decades, Afghanistan has been ravaged by wars and civil strife. In recent years, severe drought has worsened the situation. With an estimated population of 27 million, Afghanistan...
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Executive Summary Since 2006, with the exception of some areas of social and economic services, the development relevant conditions in Afghanistan have deteriorated. This holds true for the security...
Afghanistan's women continue to face many challenges since the fall of the Taliban in 2002. According to the United Nations, about 18% of Afghan women are literate. At birth, they have a life...
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INTRODUCTION One-fifth of the world's population - over 1.2 billion people - lives in countries which are termed fragile according to World Bank criteria. This situation will only worsen as the...
Over 60,000 policemen have been recruited to maintain law and order in their country - no easy job in a politically sensitive and unstable environment. The SDC contribution is a computer system - a...
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Still a long way to go before reaching 0.4% of GNP In 2001, Swiss official development assistance (ODA) came to SFr. 1,531 million or 0.34% of gross national product (GNP). That is one of the details...
Après des décennies de guerre, de sécheresse et d'autres catastrophes, l'Afghanistan vient d'être frappé par une série de graves séismes. Pour les premières mesures d'aide, la Suisse met 200 000...
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Walter Fust, directeur de la DDC, a évoqué lors de la conférence de presse de cette année les actualités et les points forts de la coopération au développement et de l'aide humanitaire de la...
Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bern, 26 October, 2001 Switzerland will deliver tents, sleeping bags, blankets and household items as part of an ongoing humanitarian aid effort to relieve...
Lors du "Forum international pour les réfugiés afghans et les populations déplacées", la Suisse a lancé un appel aujourd'hui à Genève pour une solution pacifique au conflit afg-han, ainsi que pour un...
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Summary More than 20 years of war have devastated the infrastructure, economic base and social capital of Afghanistan and left the country with little or no functioning system of governance. On top...
La Suisse a consacré cette année dix millions de francs au soutien de la population nécessiteuse afghane. En outre, représentée par la Direction du développement et de la coopération (DDC), la Suisse...
Communiqué DDC, 6.8.1999 L'aide humanitaire de la Confédération répond à la situation dramatique des réfugiés, provoquée par les combats qui ont à nouveau embrasé le nord de l'Afghanistan, à la...