Extending humanitarian assistance in cases of natural and man-made disasters is a noble and indispensable activity. Consolidating it and rendering it more effective is the duty of the international community as a whole. Assistance efforts should be provided through the United Nations to deal with na…
Until September 2001, Afghanistan represented one of the great tragedies of the current age. According to United Nations estimates, it had 3 to 5 million citizens classified as “vulnerable”. Approximately 3.8 million rural inhabitants were stricken by drought and lived on food assistance from the in…
