One Day Consultation Resolution Regarding Afghan Refugees' Immediate Problems

Afghan Desk of HRCP and the Afghan- Pakistan Peoples Friendship Association organized one-day consultation on "Immediate Problems of Afghan Refugees and its ways of solution" in Peshawar on 29th of April 2004. Prominent figures of the national NGOs, socio-political activists and media representatives made their active participation. This consultation opened with opining speech of Mr. Afrasiab Khattak Ex.Cahir HRCP and chair of APPFA. After his speech, issues regarding the Afghan refugees and their future in Afghanistan and Pakistan were discussed with appropriate participation of the Afghan and Pak scholars and human rights activists.

Afghan Desk HRCP on behalf of Afghanistan- Pakistan People Friendship Association organized a one-day seminar on Sustainable Repatriation in Chitral on September 29,2003. More than sixty people of the educational institutions, non-governmental organizations, mass media representatives and member of the business community actively participated in this seminar and expressed their points of view regarding sustainable repatriation and improvement of relations between the people of the two countries. The program was preceded in the following order.

Declaration of One day Seminar on
"Repatriation, Peace and Reconstruction in Afghanistan"
21st June, 2003 - Abbottabad

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Afghanistan Desk conducted a one day seminar on "Repatriation, Peace and Reconstruction in Afghanistan" in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

This seminar was organized with collaboration of Alternatives, Canada and financial support of CIDA/PBU Canada.

In this seminar the activists of HRCP; Protection officer Ms Caroline Bomars, UNHCR Peshawar sub office; In charge of Repatriation of Afghan Refugees, Mr. Richard Moularad, UNHCR, Peshawar sub office; Ms. Rubaiane member UNHCR sub office, Peshawar; activist of NRC; representatives of SUNGI foundation Abbottabad; representatives from Afghan Refugees Camps(Hazara Division of NWFP); Intellectuals from Pakistan's civil society organizations; media representatives and members of other civil society organizations had active participation and discussed the relevant issues regarding the Afghan refugees.