ASIA: IRIN-ASIA Weekly round-up 128 for 11 - 17 June 2007
17 Jun 2007 12:06:05 GMT Source: IRIN
DUBAI, 17 June 2007 (IRIN) - CONTENTS: AFGHANISTAN: UN says rule of law a top
priority
AFGHANISTAN: Police casualties high due to lack of training, equipment
AFGHANISTAN: Humanitarian room for manoeuvre diminishing – ICRC
AFGHANISTAN-TAJIKISTAN: Some Afghan refugees
said under pressure to leave Dushanbe
AFGHANISTAN: UN urges ceasefire for polio immunisation drive
ASIA: Opening eyes of migrants to dangers of big cities' embrace
NEPAL: Impoverished rural
women prone to exploitation in towns
NEPAL: UN begins new round of checks on Maoist combatants, weaponry
PAKISTAN: Government welcomes code of conduct for NGOs in quake-affected Bagh
PAKISTAN:
UNHCR ready for Afghan camp closures
SRI LANKA: Rebuilding livelihoods in tsunami-hit, war-torn Vaharai AFGHANISTAN: UN says rule of law a top priority The Special Representative of the United
Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan (SRSG), Tom Koenigs, on Monday called on the government of President Hamid Karzai and the international community to intensify their efforts to end
"lawlessness" in the war-ravaged country. http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=72663 AFGHANISTAN: Police casualties high due to lack of training, equipment Under-equipped and poorly
trained Afghan police are paying a high price in their fight against an intensifying armed insurgency. In the last three months alone, over 210 police officers have been killed and 330 wounded,
according to Afghanistan's Ministry of Interior (MoI). http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=72685 AFGHANISTAN: Humanitarian room for manoeuvre diminishing – ICRC Delivering
humanitarian aid and monitoring the situation of civilians in Afghanistan has become increasingly difficult, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told IRIN in Kabul. According to the
ICRC, the hardening of views among the warring parties and the intensification of the conflict have reduced the space in which humanitarian workers can operate. http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=72728 AFGHANISTAN-TAJIKISTAN: Some Afghan refugees said under pressure to leave Dushanbe Afghan refugees living in Tajikistan are calling on the Tajik
government and international organisations to protect them after reported pressure on Afghans in Dushanbe to move to their places of registration outside the capital. http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=72762 AFGHANISTAN: UN urges ceasefire for polio immunisation drive The UN has called upon all sides of the conflict between insurgents and government
and international forces in the south, east and southeast of Afghanistan to cease fighting for a three-day polio immunisation drive beginning on 17 June. http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=72769 ASIA: Opening eyes of migrants to dangers of big cities' embrace With ever greater numbers of people on the move in search of jobs and
opportunities in the Mekong River region, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has unveiled a series animated videos to inform and warn migrant workers about the risk of HIV/AIDS. http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=727013 NEPAL: Impoverished rural women prone to exploitation in towns Maili Buda, 35, is having an increasingly difficult life since her husband was
killed in Khalanga village, northwest of the capital, during a clash between the Maoist rebels and government security forces nearly six years ago. Peace has been restored in the country but many
Nepalese women like Buda remain impoverished, say local aid workers. http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=72678 NEPAL: UN begins new round of checks on Maoist combatants, weaponry The UN
has on 14 June begun a further series of checks and verification procedures in order to register and gather data on former Maoist rebel army personnel and their weapons, said senior UN officials in
Nepal. http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=72727 PAKISTAN: Government welcomes code of conduct for NGOs in quake-affected Bagh The Pakistani government has welcomed the adoption of a
pre-existing international code of conduct for NGOs working in disaster relief between a community group in quake-affected Bagh District and the government's district reconstruction unit (DRU),
following localised tensions earlier this year. http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=72695 PAKISTAN: UNHCR ready for Afghan camp closures Plans are in place to help thousands of Afghan
refugees living in two Pakistan camps, due to close this week, to relocate, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said. http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=72730 SRI LANKA: Rebuilding
livelihoods in tsunami-hit, war-torn Vaharai At the beginning of this year, most of Vaharai's population fled the fighting between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and government forces which
retook it in an all-out assault. When more than 14,000 of those who had been displaced returned in March they found not just homes damaged and destroyed but their livelihoods crippled as well. http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=72681
