United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour briefed the Human Rights Council today on the worldwide work of her Office, voicing concern at the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan and announcing that she would soon visit Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The situation in Afghanistan carries grave implications for human rights, Ms. Arbour told the new enhanced Council during its second session in Geneva, recalling that just this Monday armed assailants targeted and for the first time killed a female official, Safia Ama Jan, Director of the Women’s Affairs Department of Kandahar province.
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http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=20062&Cr=Israel&Cr1=Palest
Please also see:
Life in Gaza ‘Intolerable’: UN
http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story-09270683720.htm
Children Killed in a War the World Doesn't Want to Know About
http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story-09280682226.htm
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http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=20062&Cr=Israel&Cr1=Palest
Please also see:
Life in Gaza ‘Intolerable’: UN
http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story-09270683720.htm
Children Killed in a War the World Doesn't Want to Know About
http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story-09280682226.htm
Photo: Relatives of
14-Year Old Girl Azza Hammad Killed in an Israeli raid
14-Year Old Girl Azza Hammad Killed in an Israeli raid