The Security Council Thursday morning extended for an additional 12 months the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), in order to provide political and strategic guidance to the Afghan leadership and its international partners as they embark on the ambitious and vital next phase of State-building.
Unanimously adopting resolution 1662 (2006), the Council also called on all Afghan parties and groups to engage constructively in the peaceful political development of the country and avoid resorting to violence.
In addition, the Council reiterated its call on the Afghan Government, and on all members of the international community and international organizations, to implement the Afghanistan Compact -- a five-year framework agreed to in London at the end of January to help consolidate democratic institutions, curb insecurity, control the illegal drug trade, stimulate the economy, enforce the law, provide basic services to the Afghan people and protect their human rights -- and its annexes in full.
In his latest report on the situation in Afghanistan (document S/2006/145), the Secretary-General states that the country would continue to need considerable political and financial engagement by the international community for some time to come. The commitments entered into by the Government and the international community in launching the Afghanistan Compact provided a reassuring signal and a clearly articulated common vision of Afghanistan’s future.
(Please continue for full report.)
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/sc8669.doc.htm
Please also see:
Afghanistan: UNICEF official calls for special focus on girls’ education
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=17909&Cr=afghan&Cr1=
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan - UNAMA
http://www.unama-afg.org
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
http://www.rawa.us/index.htm
Afghan DU & Recovery Fund http://www.afghandufund.org
AFGHANISTAN: Apostasy Case Reminds Christians to Pray for Nation
http://www.persecution.com/news/index.cfm?action=fullstory&newsID=386
UN calls on Iraq’s Government to assert control as killings and torture increase http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=17899&Cr=iraq&Cr1=
New York Times details secret US military torture operation
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/mar2006/tort-m23.shtml
Depleted Uranium In India, Spreading Worldwide
They Kill Us For Sport, by Arun Shrivastava CMC
Depleted uranium is a deadly toy in the hands of the ruling bloodlines. A particle of DU ingested or inhaled can cause one or more of the 90+ seriously debilitating diseases, fatal or temporarily non-fatal.[1] [see list of 91 diseases, Annex 1] The half life of DU is 4.5 billion years, and it can destroy living things and the environment; most importantly it can destroy perfectly healthy lives. [2]
Depleted uranium has been used in at least the last four wars by the United States and its allies: Gulf War 1, Bosnia and Kosovo in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Gulf War 2. The last two of the four wars, all illegal, took place in 2001 (Afghanistan) and 2003 (Iraq). Effects of the contamination can manifest from within a few hours to five years.
Evidences clearly indicate that depleted uranium is blowing in the wind all over the world. [3] Its effects on health are showing up in distant lands. Earlier, gulf war veterans and local civilians were affected; now, of all the places, the US is showing six-fold increase in just lung cancer cases.[4]
http://www.rense.com/general70/deple.htm
A Message to the Citizens of the World, from Dr. Doug Rokke
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=2201&blz=1
The Queen's Death Star, by Leuren Moret
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=2175&blz=1
Planet Earth As Weapon and Target, by Leuren Moret
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=2157&blz=1
Hazards of Uranium weapons in the proposed war on Iraq (full report)
Updating Depleted Uranium weapons 2001-2002, Mystery metal nightmare in Afghanistan, January 2002
Analysis of collected studies and public domain sources
compiled by Dai Williams, 22 September 2002
http://www.eoslifework.co.uk/u231.htm
Unanimously adopting resolution 1662 (2006), the Council also called on all Afghan parties and groups to engage constructively in the peaceful political development of the country and avoid resorting to violence.
In addition, the Council reiterated its call on the Afghan Government, and on all members of the international community and international organizations, to implement the Afghanistan Compact -- a five-year framework agreed to in London at the end of January to help consolidate democratic institutions, curb insecurity, control the illegal drug trade, stimulate the economy, enforce the law, provide basic services to the Afghan people and protect their human rights -- and its annexes in full.
In his latest report on the situation in Afghanistan (document S/2006/145), the Secretary-General states that the country would continue to need considerable political and financial engagement by the international community for some time to come. The commitments entered into by the Government and the international community in launching the Afghanistan Compact provided a reassuring signal and a clearly articulated common vision of Afghanistan’s future.
(Please continue for full report.)
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/sc8669.doc.htm
Please also see:
Afghanistan: UNICEF official calls for special focus on girls’ education
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=17909&Cr=afghan&Cr1=
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan - UNAMA
http://www.unama-afg.org
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
http://www.rawa.us/index.htm
Afghan DU & Recovery Fund http://www.afghandufund.org
AFGHANISTAN: Apostasy Case Reminds Christians to Pray for Nation
http://www.persecution.com/news/index.cfm?action=fullstory&newsID=386
UN calls on Iraq’s Government to assert control as killings and torture increase http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=17899&Cr=iraq&Cr1=
New York Times details secret US military torture operation
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/mar2006/tort-m23.shtml
Depleted Uranium In India, Spreading Worldwide
They Kill Us For Sport, by Arun Shrivastava CMC
Depleted uranium is a deadly toy in the hands of the ruling bloodlines. A particle of DU ingested or inhaled can cause one or more of the 90+ seriously debilitating diseases, fatal or temporarily non-fatal.[1] [see list of 91 diseases, Annex 1] The half life of DU is 4.5 billion years, and it can destroy living things and the environment; most importantly it can destroy perfectly healthy lives. [2]
Depleted uranium has been used in at least the last four wars by the United States and its allies: Gulf War 1, Bosnia and Kosovo in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Gulf War 2. The last two of the four wars, all illegal, took place in 2001 (Afghanistan) and 2003 (Iraq). Effects of the contamination can manifest from within a few hours to five years.
Evidences clearly indicate that depleted uranium is blowing in the wind all over the world. [3] Its effects on health are showing up in distant lands. Earlier, gulf war veterans and local civilians were affected; now, of all the places, the US is showing six-fold increase in just lung cancer cases.[4]
http://www.rense.com/general70/deple.htm
A Message to the Citizens of the World, from Dr. Doug Rokke
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=2201&blz=1
The Queen's Death Star, by Leuren Moret
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=2175&blz=1
Planet Earth As Weapon and Target, by Leuren Moret
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=2157&blz=1
Hazards of Uranium weapons in the proposed war on Iraq (full report)
Updating Depleted Uranium weapons 2001-2002, Mystery metal nightmare in Afghanistan, January 2002
Analysis of collected studies and public domain sources
compiled by Dai Williams, 22 September 2002
http://www.eoslifework.co.uk/u231.htm