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31 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 3 others
Policy brief: Risk of increasing instability in the Ferghana Valley

Report
— Forum on Early Warning and Early Response


INSTITUTE OF ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
forum on early warning and early response

Swiss Peace Foundation
Centre for Conflict Resolution/FAST

September-December 2001

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Executive Summary

Background

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30 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 2 others
Central Asia: IRIN Weekly Round-up 38 covering the period 22 - 28 Dec 2001

Report
— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
AFGHANISTAN: Human rights situation needs to be monitored

The new interim Afghan administration needs to extend its authority to ensure that fundamental human rights are not infringed by warlords, human right activists said on Wednesday. "A government has been installed in Kabul. This government has to extend its writ to the provinces where people are living under the warlords," Afrasiab Khattak, chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP)

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27 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 4 others
Uzbek president fears Islamic rebels could seep into Central Asia

Report
— Agence France-Presse
TASHKENT, Dec 27 (AFP) - Uzbek President Islam Karimov raised fears Thursday that pockets of Islamic rebels still in Afghanistan could try to seep into the volatile Central Asian region via neighbouring Tajikistan.

"We have serious concerns and have said this to the Tajik president (Emomali Rakhmonov) today that these bandits could seep into Tajikistan from Afghanistan," Karimov said.

Karimov and Rakhmonov were meeting ahead of a gathering of leaders from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

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26 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 3 others
Central Asia Region - Complex emergency fact sheet #38 (FY02)

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— US Agency for International Development


U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)
OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)
CENTRAL ASIA TASK FORCE

Note: this Fact Sheet updates previously released Central Asia Region Fact Sheets and Situation Reports.

Numbers Affected

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24 Dec 2001

Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan: Interview on Aral Sea catastrophe

Report
— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN)
ISLAMABAD, 24 December (IRIN) - While world attention focuses on events in Afghanistan, experts maintain that no progress has been made in addressing one of the greatest socio-environmental disasters in the world - that of the Aral Sea basin. After decades of Soviet exploitation of desert rivers to increase cotton and rice production, former head of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Uzbekistan, Ian Small, told IRIN
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21 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 4 others
Central Asia: IRIN Weekly Round-up 37 covering the period 15 - 21 Dec 2001

Report
— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
IRIN-Asia
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AFGHANISTAN: Interim administration faces key challenges

The proposed Afghan administration set to take up the reins of the country for six months from 22 December faces daunting challenges, analysts and officials say, cautioning against too much expectations from the new setup. "There are many expectations

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21 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 3 others
Japan's gift bolsters child health - $12.6 Million Contribution to UNICEF for Polio Eradication and Key Health and Nutrition Programs in Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan

Report
— UN Children's Fund
TOKYO/ GENEVA/ NEW YORK, 21 December - The Japanese Government has donated $12.6 million for essential health and nutrition activities in the Afghanistan region, including polio eradication, to bolster the chances of survival for thousands of children in three countries, the United Nations Children's Fund announced today.
The Japanese gift follows an earlier contribution of $7.8 million for UNICEF's emergency relief efforts in Afghanistan and surrounding countries and extends Japan's sterling track record of major support to child health and polio eradication world-wide.
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21 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 5 others
Central Asia Region - Complex emergency situation report #12 (FY 2002)

Report
— US Agency for International Development
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U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)
OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)
CENTRAL ASIA TASK FORCE

Note: this Situation Report updates previous Central Asia Task Force Situation Reports and Fact Sheets.

Background

Prior to September 2001, two decades of war in Afghanistan, including a decade-long Soviet occupation and ensuing civil strife, left Afghanistan impoverished and mired in an extended humanitarian crisis. Government infrastructure, including the ability to deliver

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20 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 3 others
UN press briefing in Islamabad 20 Dec 2001

Report
— UN Information Center, Islamabad
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE U.N. OFFICES FOR PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's briefing in Islamabad by the United Nations offices for Pakistan and Afghanistan (excluding question and answer session).

** Jordan Dey, Spokesperson for WFP

WFP Bakeries open again

Bakeries that will help more than 35,000 poor, destitute and widowed women in Kabul reopened today after being closed for the past two months.

The 21 WFP bakeries, once again using an all-female Afghan staff, was a point of contention under Taliban rule.

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19 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 3 others
Central Asia Region - Complex emergency fact sheet #37 (FY02)

Report
— US Agency for International Development


U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)
OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)
CENTRAL ASIA TASK FORCE

Note: This Fact Sheet updates previously released Central Asia Region Fact Sheets and Situation Reports.

Numbers Affected

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19 Dec 2001

Tajikistan + 1 other
Tajikistan: Focus on the winter energy crisis

Report
— IRIN
[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]
DUSHANBE, 19 December (IRIN) - Many Tajiks will again have to fend for themselves this winter as temperatures plummet and the state remains unable to meet domestic heating needs through gas and coal, energy officials and experts have told IRIN.

Following a post-Soviet economic decline, and a five-year civil war that ended in 1997, interruptions in winter heating have become the norm for Tajiks throughout the country.

Despite the constraints, officials said

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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)

Report
— UN Security Council
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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19 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 5 others
AFSC work plan for relief and reconstruction - Aid for Afghan people: First mission assessment

Report
— American Friends Service Committee
Emergency humanitarian assistance to Afghan refugees and displaced families has been a major component ofAFSC's response to the events of September 11. Within the United States, the Quaker community has responded by sending blankets that will be shipped to Afghani-stan and distributed with help of several humanitarian organizations.
Before September 11 more than one million Afghans had been dis-placed from their homes and another three and a half million had become refugees. Most of them had taken refuge in Pakistan
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19 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 6 others
Afghanistan: Humanitarian crisis: Appeal No. 32/01 (2nd revision)

Report
— IFRC


THIS REVISION NUMBER TWO OF APPEAL NO. 3212001 PRESENTS ACTIVITIES REFLECTING A REVISED TOTAL BUDGET OF CHF 28,748,124 IN CASH, KIND AND SERVICES. WITH THE CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED TO DATE, THE OUTSTANDING NEEDS ARE CHF 9,839,303 INTENDED TO ASSIST APPROXIMATELY 3 MILLION BENEFICIARIES FOR 12 MONTHS.1

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18 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 5 others
Afghanistan: Humanitarian crisis: Appeal No. 32/01 operations update No. 16

Report
— IFRC
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Preliminary Appeal launched on 21 September 2001 for CHF 8,765,000 for 2 months. Revised on 3 October 2001 and the budget increased to CHF 40,280,340 for 6 months
DREF Allocated: CHF 600,000

Beneficiaries: 300,000

Operations Update no. 16; Period covered: 7 to 17 December. Last update issued: Operations update no. 15 dated 6 December 2001

"At a Glance"

Appeal coverage: 46.6%

Related Appeals: 01.62/2001 (Central Asia Region Annual Appeal); 01.34.2001 (Afghanistan Annual Appeal); 01.38/2001 (Pakistan Annual Appeal); 01.36/2001 (India Annual Appeal).

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18 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 18 others
WMO statement on the status of the global climate in 2001

Report
— World Meteorological Organization
Global temperature in 2001: second warmest on record
The global average surface temperature in 2001 is expected to be the second warmest on record, 0.42=B0C above the 1961-1990 average. The warmest year in the 1860 to present record occurred in 1998, according to records maintained by Members of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Nine of the ten warmest years have occurred since 1990, including 1999 and 2000, when the cooling influence of the tropical Pacific La Niña contributed to a somewhat lower global average (0.29=B0C and 0.26=B0C
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17 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 30 others
FAO/GIEWS Food Outlook No. 5, 2001

Report
— Food and Agriculture Organization
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Rome, December 2001
Highlights

Latest information indicates a slightly larger global cereal output in 2001, of 1 870 million tonnes (including rice in milled terms). However, even at this level, production would still be less than the anticipated utilization requirements in 2001/02, leading to a significant draw-down of cereal stocks.

While Afghanistan currently faces a grave food supply situation, food emergencies persist in many other countries (see box on page 6).

World cereal trade in 2001/02 is forecast at 233 million tonnes, unchanged from the previous season's

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17 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 3 others
Crisis en Asia Central: actividades de ACH en Asia Central

Report
— Action Contre la Faim
Una cuarta parte de la población afgana, de un total de 27 millones de habitantes, están en situación de inseguridad alimentaria y depende directamente de la ayuda humanitaria internacional. Tras 20 años de guerra y 3 de sequía, no sólo hay hambre en este país estratégico de Asia Central, sino que la alta descapitalización de la población, la pérdida del poder adquisitivo y el aumento del n=FAmero de desplazados y refugiados, han devuelto Afganistán al medievo. Sin embargo, faltan voces de denuncia en defensa de los derechos de estas víctimas, a pesar de que
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16 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 3 others
Update on WHO programmes in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan 16 Oct 2001

Report
— World Health Organization
Turkmenistan
The WHO Regional Office for Europe Emergency Preparedness and Response programme (EHA) is continuing to strengthen its involvement in the central Asian republics bordering Afghanistan: Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. In addition to reinforcing existing programmes, steps are being taken towards an increased emergency preparedness related to the Afghanistan crisis.

In Turkmenistan, these include:

  • A logistics support office in Turkmenabad for cross-border activity;
  • A humanitarian assistance office in
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15 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 5 others
Afghanistan situation report covering the period 8 - 15 Dec 2001

Report
— International Catholic Migration Commission
Background
As a result of the war in Afghanistan, the United Nations estimates that as many as one million refugees may come over the border into Pakistan, plus another 500,000 into Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. About two million people are already on the move inside Afghanistan, in search of food and assistance, and the 3.8 million in the country that currently rely on UN food aid for their survival are projected to reach over five million during November.

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