afhansitan

Question 1

UN role: peacekeeping

Answer 1

facilitate negotiations
monitor ceasefire
deploy mediators
UN mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) (2002)

Question 2

UN role: preventing child soldiers

Answer 2

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

Question 3

UN role: world food programme

Answer 3

19.9 million in Afghanistan are food insecure
provided food to 23 million including 500 000 pregnant and breastfeeding women

Question 4

role of USA

Answer 4

military intervention
display of hard power by a superpower
Aid Afghan government
push Taliban out

Question 5

Role of Afghanistan government

Answer 5

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

Question 6

role of afghanistan government in gender equality

Answer 6

passed law on Elimination of Violence against women in 2009
only 27% seats in government held by women

Question 7

afghan aid

Answer 7

sustainable rural development strategies
works with the UN and Afghan government
women’s rights, sanitation, water, economic livelihood education, food security etc