EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The capacity of security forces to both prevent and provoke conflict is increasingly recognised. Police forces can play a vital role in providing the security environment necessary for peaceful political and economic development, and are at the forefront of tackling international security issues, including drugs trafficking, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and terrorism. A competent and democratised security sector is vital to enhancing governance and ensuring greater public trust in the state. Bad security forces, on the other hand,

Epidemic Spreading Rapidly in New Areas of the World, Says New Report
Despite Prevention Successes, Global Response Still Underfunded

London, 26 November 2002 - The HIV/AIDS epidemic is fuelling a widening and increasingly deadly famine in southern Africa, according to a new report "AIDS Epidemic Update 2002". The comprehensive new update on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic was issued today by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World

Previously named Humanitarian Crisis Appeal
Revision no. 3 seeks CHF 37,176,906 (USD25.5m/EUR 25.3m)

A Preliminary Appeal was launched on 21 September 2001 for CHF 8, 765, 000 for two months. Responding to the evolving situation, revision no. I was issued on 3 October 2002, with the budget increased to CHF 40,280,340 for six months. Revision no. 2 was issued on 19 December 2001, with a total revised budget of CHF 28,748,124 for 12 months. Revision no. 3 was issued on 14 May 2002. This current revision remains a multi-country appeal covering activities in Afghanistan, Pakistan,

TASHKENT, Nov 13 (AFP) - Major cotton exporter Uzbekistan has only managed to harvest 84 percent of its planned cotton crop this year, Uzbek agriculture and water management ministry officials said Wednesday.

The world's second largest exporter and fifth largest producer of cotton, Uzbekistan has so far harvested only 3.17 millon tonnes of cotton compared to a state plan of 3.75 million tonnes, according to ministry figures.

The disappointing results are blamed on an unusually large amount of rain that fell in the normally hot and dry Central Asian region over the spring.

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News Release No. 190/02

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (18 October 2002) - ADB will maintain an average lending level of US$150 million a year to Uzbekistan over the next three years, according to its Country Strategy and Program Update for 2003-2005, endorsed today.

Should further reforms be implemented, operations and lending levels would be adjusted to respond to emerging needs.

ADB will support efforts in poverty reduction and human development. Specifically, the lending strategy will focus on existing and emerging priority sectors, which include the banking system,

What we now know as the sovereign territories of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan were created by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in the 1920s to divide and conquer the Central Asian peoples. The artificial boundaries separated communities, created ethnic enclaves, and disrupted patterns of trade and movement. With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, these unnatural dividing lines became international borders. To compound the tension, Uzbekistan, which is bordered by the other four Central Asian republics and Afghanistan,

Previously named Humanitarian Crisis Appeal Appeal No. 32/01
Revision no. 3 seeks CHF 37,176,906 (USD/EUR)

A Preliminary Appeal was launched on 21 September 2001 for CHF 8, 765, 000 for two months. Responding to the evolving situation, revision no. I was issued on 3 October 2002, with the budget increased to CHF 40,280,340 for six months. Revision no. 2 was issued on 19 December 2001, with a total revised budget of CHF 28,748,124 for 12 months. Revision no. 3 was issued on 14 May 2002. This current revision remains a multi-country appeal covering activities in Afghanistan, Pakistan,

UNJLC bulletins aim to provide a concise overview of the logistical situation within Afghanistan on a weekly basis. While in depth analysis of particular agency operations is outside the scope of these reports, it is hoped that readers receive a valuable overview of those logistical issues affecting the humanitarian community as a whole.
1. SECURITY

- The Coalition spotted a major UKO 14km south of Kandahar airbase on 2nd October. The 124,135 pounds of ordnance was detonated in time.

- On 3rd October, at 1930hrs a small