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07 Oct 2010

Afghanistan + 17 others
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (A/65/12)

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General Assembly

Official Records

Sixty-fifth Session

Supplement No. 12

I. Introduction

1. Nearly sixty years after the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established by the General Assembly in December 1950, forced population displacement remains a major global issue. It has grown in magnitude and complexity. Today's global megatrends - including population growth, urbanization, food and energy insecurity, water scarcity and, particularly, climate change - are interacting with traditional drivers, such as conflict and violence,

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07 Oct 2010

Afghanistan + 17 others
Rapport du Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (A/65/12)

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Assemblée générale

Documents officiels

Soixante-cinquième session

Supplément no 12

I. Introduction

1. Près de soixante ans après la création du Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés par l'Assemblée générale en décembre 1950, les déplacements forcés de population restent un problème mondial majeur dont l'ampleur et la complexité vont croissantes. Les grandes tendances mondiales actuelles - notamment la croissance démographique, l'urbanisation, l'insécurité alimentaire et énergétique, la pénurie d'eau

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17 Aug 2009

Zambia + 21 others
2001-2010: Decade to roll back malaria in developing countries, particularly in Africa (A/64/302)

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Sixty-fourth session
Item 49 of the provisional agenda*

Note by the Secretary-General**

The Secretary-General hereby transmits the report prepared by the World Health Organization in accordance with General Assembly resolution 63/234.

Summary

The present report highlights the progress made in meeting the goals concerning malaria to be achieved by 2010 in the context of General Assembly resolution 62/180. The report is based primarily on data collected for the World Malaria Report 2009, which will be published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in late October 2009.

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11 Oct 2007

Afghanistan + 87 others
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Jan 2006 - mid-2007 (A/62/12)

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I. Introduction

1. A significant increase in the numbers of persons of concern to UNHCR brought new challenges in 2006. While there was a 14 per cent increase in refugee numbers from the previous year, the Office's involvement, together with other humanitarian partners, in protecting and assisting internally displaced persons (IDPs) under the inter-agency cluster approach, resulted in a doubling of IDP figures. Thanks to better data capturing, many more stateless people have been identified, also swelling numbers.

2. Despite a plethora of complex challenges,

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18 Oct 2006

Uzbekistan
Situation of human rights in Uzbekistan Report of the Secretary-General (A/61/526)

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Sixty-first session
Agenda item 67 (c)

Promotion and protection of human rights:
Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives

Summary

The present report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 60/174, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session on the implementation of that resolution.

It concludes that the lack of response from the Government of Uzbekistan to the call for the establishment of

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05 Jul 2005

Georgia + 3 others
Washington, DC declaration of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and resolutions adopted at the fourteenth Annual Session

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PREAMBLE
We, Parliamentarians of the OSCE participating states, have met in annual session in Washington, DC on 1-5 July 2005 as the Parliamentary dimension of the OSCE to assess developments and challenges relating to security and cooperation, in particular on the cooperation and partnership in coping with new security threats, and we offer the following views to the OSCE Ministers.

We wish every success to the next OSCE Ministerial Conference in Ljubljana in December and bring to its attention the following declaration and recommendations.

30 YEARS SINCE HELSINKI: CHALLENGES AHEAD

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14 Nov 2002

Afghanistan + 4 others
Joint Communiqué of the Heads of State of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan (A/57/614-S/2002/1246)

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General Assembly
Fifty-seventh session
Agenda items 21 (d), 37, 86 (b), 87, 100, 101 and 160
Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance: emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan
The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security
Sustainable development and international economic cooperation: integration of the economies in transition into the world economy
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16 Jul 2002

Albania + 12 others
Cooperation between the UN and the OSCE: Report of the Secretary-General (A/57/217)

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A/57/217
Fifty-seventh session
Item 22 (l) of the preliminary list*
Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations

Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

Report of the Secretary-General**

Summary

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28 May 2002

Afghanistan + 23 others
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (E/2002/14)

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E/2002/14
REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES1

SUMMARY

This report provides an account of the activities undertaken by my Office between January 2001 and April 2002. It describes major developments and challenges with respect to international protection, assistance activities and the search for durable solutions worldwide. It also covers a number of global themes, the financing of our activities, issues of oversight and accountability, as well as our cooperation within and beyond the United Nations system. This report is submitted in

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14 May 2002

Afghanistan + 22 others
DRAFT Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations: Report of the Secretary-General

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Economic and Social Council
Substantive session of 2002
New York, 1 - 25 July 2002
Item 5 of the provisional agenda
Special economic, humanitarian and disaster relief assistance

General Assembly
Fifty-seventh SessionItem 21 (a) of the preliminary list
Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance: strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations

Contents Paragraphs

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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19 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 1 other
Message from the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Secretary-General of the United Nations (A/56/719-S/2001/1213)

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A/56/719-S/2001/1213
General Assembly
Fifty-sixth session
Agenda item 43
The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security

Security Council
Fifty-sixth year

Letter dated 18 December 2001 from the Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

I have the honour to convey to you the text of the message of His Excellency Mr. Islam Karimov, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the situation in Afghanistan (see annex).

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14 Jun 2001

Afghanistan + 33 others
Report of the Secretary-General to the Humanitarian Affairs Segment of ECOSOC 2001 - Advance Unedited Draft

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Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations
I. INTRODUCTION

1. The present report has been prepared pursuant to General Assembly Resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991, which requested the Secretary-General to report annually to the Assembly and the Economic and Social Council on the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance, and to Economic and Social Council Resolution 1995/56 of 28 July 1995, which requested the Secretary-General to submit a comprehensive report on humanitarian assistance, and to subsequent resolutions.

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