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Interview with Baroness Valerie Amos, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Co-ordinator

03/12/2011

Her Excellency the Baroness has an impressive curriculum vitae and one might expect to meet an authoritative figure with such credentials, but it’s rather the contrary. She is a pleasant and friendly person, humble and down to earth, trying to make a difference for the people on the ground when disaster strikes. It’s definitely not an easy job. She took up her functions at a time when the United Nations in general, and the Office for the Co-ordination of…

Afghanistan’s security is "at its lowest point since the departure of the Taliban" after the 2001 U.S.-led invasion.

03/11/2011

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Photos: Action Press/Virot Text P. Virot with CP February 23, 2011-03-08 UN Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General for Afghanistan and Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan Robert Watkins said during a press conference at the Palais des Nations that Afghanistan’s security is “at its lowest point since the departure of the Taliban” after the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. He said the United Nations rarely can enter 40 per cent of the country, including Kandahar and southeast regions where…