Afghanistan: Floods - Jul 2004

In Brief

Appeal No. 01.55/2004; Programme Update no. 3, Period covered: 1 July to 31 September 2004; Appeal coverage: 48 %; Outstanding needs: CHF 5,734,035 (USD 5,007,980, or EUR 3,781,098).

Appeal target: CHF 11,090,663 (USD 8,494,084 or EUR 7,180,746)

Related Emergency or Annual Appeals: N/A

TOWARD ADVANCEMENT OF AFGHAN CHILD'S AND WOMAN'S RIGHTS

A drought Flash Appeal issued by Government and UN to mitigate water shortage

Efforts continue to stop polio transmission among Afghan children

Education being brought to Afghan girls in communities without schools

Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration progressing for 5,000 former child soldiers

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Afghan Voter Registrants Pass 9.5 Million Mark

As of 10 August the number of Afghans registered throughout the country to vote reached 9,643, 302. Of that total 5,634, 835 (58.4 percent) are men and 4,008,467 (41.6 percent) are women.

JEMB Announces Candidates For 9 October Presidential Election

On Tuesday (10 August) the Joint Electoral Management Body JEMB) announced the names of 18 candidates eligible to contest the 9 October Presidential election.

(A) Middle East, Central Asia and Eastern Europe: (1) Afghanistan
(B) East and Central Africa: (1) Burundi, (2) DR Congo, (3) Eritrea, (4) Ethiopia, (5) Rwanda, (6) Somalia, (7) Sudan

(C) West Africa: (1) Chad, (2) Cote d'Ivoire, (3) Guinea. (4) Liberia

(D) Southern Africa: (1) Regional, (2) Angola, (3) Lesotho, (4) Madagascar, (5) Malawi, (6) Mozambique, (7) Namibia, (8) Swaziland, (9) Zambia, (10) Zimbabwe

(E) Asia: (1) Bangladesh, (2) DPR Korea, (3) India, (4) Nepal

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(A) Middle East, Central Asia and Eastern Europe: (1) Afghanistan, (2) Russian Federation
(B) East and Central Africa: : (1) Regional, (2) Burundi, (3) DR Congo, (4) Djibouti, (5) Eritrea, (6) Ethiopia, (7) Kenya, (8) Republic of Congo, (9) Rwanda, (10) Somalia, (11) Sudan, (12) Tanzania, (13) Uganda

(C) West Africa: (1) Burkina Faso, (2) Chad, (3) Cote d'Ivoire, (4) Liberia

(D) Southern Africa: (1) Regional, (2) Angola, (3) Lesotho, (4) Madagascar, (5) Malawi, (6) Mozambique, (7) Swaziland, (8) Zambia, (9) Zimbabwe

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Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2004/110
OCHA Situation Report No. 1
Afghanistan - Floods (Central Highlands and Northern Afghanistan, 13-15 July)

Original map by the UN Cartographic Section

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