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The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) are jointly monitoring the exercise of political rights of Afghan citizens during the 2009 Presidential and Provincial Council elections. This joint exercise is aimed at assessing the respect for, and protection of, those rights by key stakeholders and responsible authorities. Particular attention is being paid to the participation of women in the electoral process. As part of the joint monitoring, UNAMA and the AIHRC are gathering information and investigating complaints on issues related to impediments to, or violations of, political rights. This report analyses information gathered as a result of the joint monitoring exercise. It describes the trends observed, including the types of violations and incidents that constrained the exercise of political rights of Afghan citizens between 30 April and 12 June 2009 during the Candidate Nomination and Challenge period.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) are jointly monitoring the exercise of political rights of Afghan citizens during the 2009 Presidential and Provincial Council elections. This joint exercise is aimed at assessing the respect for, and protection of, those rights by key stakeholders and responsible authorities. Particular attention is being paid to the participation of women in the electoral process. As part of the joint monitoring, UNAMA and the AIHRC are gathering information and investigating complaints on issues related to impediments to, or violations of, political rights. This report analyses information gathered as a result of the joint monitoring exercise. It describes the trends observed, including the types of violations and incidents that constrained the exercise of political rights of Afghan citizens between 30 April and 12 June 2009 during the Candidate Nomination and Challenge period.
The United Nations (UN) has had an active presence in Afghanistan since 1988, and it is highly regarded by many Afghans for playing a brokering role in ending the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. As a result of the Bonn Agreement of December 2001, coordinating international donor activity and assistance have been tasked to a United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). However, there are other coordinating institutions tied to the Afghan government, and UNAMA has struggled to exercise its full mandate. The international recovery and reconstruction effort in Afghanistan is immense and complicated and, in coordination with the Afghan government, involves U.N. agencies, bilateral ...
Human Costs of War documents and analyses the direct and indirect toll that war takes on civilians and their livelihoods, taking a human security approach exploring personal, economic, political and community security in Afghanistan, Iraq and Ukraine, in the contexts of the War on Terror and the New Cold War. The book offers an understanding of war through the recording and comprehension of its civilian casualties and evaluates whether the force used has been proportionate to the threat that prompted it and the concern for human welfare. In the 21st century, the power of the USA has declined, while countries such as China and India become more powerful. The global power balance has been alte...