United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, UNAMA short (of English. United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan), is one of the United Nations ( UN) political mission, which is based on policies approved by the UN Security Council on 28 March 2002 Resolution 1401. The mandate was extended several times and is currently up to March 2014 [ deprecated] limited.
Head of the Mission is since 23 November 2011, the Special Representative for Afghanistan Jan Kubis, the former foreign minister of Slovakia. Its predecessors were Kai Eide, Tom Koenigs, Jean Arnault, Lakhdar Brahimi and Staffan de Mistura. The Deputy Special Representative for Reconstruction is Robert Watkins, a British and Canadians; the German Martin Kobler is Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs.
The mission, led by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, has about 1,000 mostly Afghan employees. The headquarters is in Kabul. There are eight regional offices, several sub- offices and liaison offices in Islamabad and Tehran.
Political tasks
From 12 to 19 June 2002, a Loya Jirga (Emergency Loya Jirga ) was held on the grounds of Kabul Polytechnic. Your 1,670 delegates certain Hamid Karzai as President of the Transitional Government of Afghanistan. The Special Independent Commission for the Convening of the Emergency Loya Jirga, with its 20 Afghan members laid down the rules for this choice in cooperation with the United Nations. Preparations began in April 2002, with 50 employees UNAMA and other international observers organized the process throughout the country and the refugees outside the country and observed.
A Constitutional Loya Jirga then took place on 4 January 2004. 502 Delegates approved a report drawn up by a nine - member commission Constitution.
Furthermore, the object of UNAMA is to accompany the election as President on 9 October 2004 and the election of the Parliament on 18 September 2005. Both elections were by the Joint Electoral Management Body ( JEMB ), a committee formed by Afghans and representatives of the United Nations, organized. For the general election, there was also a commission ( Media Commission ), the monitored access of candidates to the media, and a Commission ( Electoral Complaints Commission ) which complaints should check the election.
Refugees and reconstruction
UNAMA coordinated the efforts of other UN organizations ( eg UNHCR ) and national and international NGOs. In cooperation with the Afghan transitional government as more than 1 million refugees were assisted in their return to Afghanistan. It was also oversees the distribution of food, fertilizer and seed.
Extension of the mandate
- 2007 by Resolution 1746
- 2008 by resolution 1806
- 2010 by resolution 1917 ( 2010)
- 2011 by Resolution 1974
- 2012 by Resolution 2041
- 2013 by Resolution 2096