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Afghan President kicks off UN-backed polio immunization drive

KABUL - President Hamid Karzai has kicked off a United Nations-backed polio vaccination drive targeting some 7.7 million children in Afghanistan, one of four countries, along with India, Nigeria and Pakistan, where the disease is still endemic.

18 Mar 2009

Afghanistan heads for major law competition in Washington D.C.

BALKH - For the first time ever a group of law students from Balkh University in Mazar-i-Sharif will compete in the internationally prestigious Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

17 Mar 2009

Press conference with UNAMA Senior UN Spokesman, Adrian Edwards

KABUL - Press conference by Adrian Edwards, Senior UN Spokesman, UNAMA; Nilab Mobarez, Press Officer, UNAMA and Nader Farhad, UNHCR.

16 Mar 2009

IDLO produces key legal resource for Afghan justice institutions

12 February 2009 - The International Development Law Organization (IDLO) is very pleased to announce the publishing of the first Human Rights and International Law Terms Glossary in Dari.

15 Mar 2009

Extreme risks for pregnant women and newborn babies in developing countries

15 January 2009 - Women in the world’s least developed countries are 300 times more likely to die in childbirth or from pregnancy-related complications than women in developed countries, according to UNICEF’s latest State of the World’s Children report, released today.

15 Mar 2009

Afghan Government and United Nations anticipate a reduction in opium cultivation in 2009

1 February 2009 - 2009 looks set to witness a further decrease in opium cultivation in Afghanistan, according to a joint report of the Ministry of Counter Narcotics and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

15 Mar 2009

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