afhansitan Flashcards
UN role: peacekeeping
facilitate negotiations
monitor ceasefire
deploy mediators
UN mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) (2002)
UN role: preventing child soldiers
UNIEF
prevents children recruitment to armed groups
under act 38 UNCRC (The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child )
prevents child exploitation
slows influence and expansion of the taliban
UN role: world food programme
19.9 million in Afghanistan are food insecure
provided food to 23 million including 500 000 pregnant and breastfeeding women
role of USA
military intervention
display of hard power by a superpower
Aid Afghan government
push Taliban out
Role of Afghanistan government
joined economic co operation organisation
passed laws e.g. Law on Duties and Structures of Independent Elections commission to improve democratic process
OCHR reports positive engagement by the government to comply with international standards and accountability to rule of law
role of afghanistan government in gender equality
passed law on Elimination of Violence against women in 2009
only 27% seats in government held by women
afghan aid
sustainable rural development strategies
works with the UN and Afghan government
women’s rights, sanitation, water, economic livelihood education, food security etc