Mr. Fatimi attends the ITC meeting

 

Mr. Syed Suleiman Fatimi, Chief Executive Officer of the Export Promotion Agency of Afghanistan (EPAA) attended the forty-second annual meeting of the Joint Advisory Group on the International Trade Centre (ITC) from 10^th to 11^th December 2008 in Geneva.

The Joint Advisory Group meets formally once a year to review the work of ITC on the basis of its Annual Report and make recommendations to the UNCTAD Trade and Development Board and the WTO General Council.

It is pertinent to mention that the EPAA won the 2008 World Trade Promotion Organisation Awards (LDC Category)

 

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم د مبارکی پیغام ګرانو هیوادوالو! د افغانستان اسلامی جمهوریت لوی سفارت په سویس  (ژنیو) کښی د لوی اختر د بختوری ورځی د رارسیدو له امله  د ګران هیواد افغانستان ټولو و طنوالو او په ځانګړی ډول هغه افغانان چه په سویس کی استوګن دی د زړه له کومی مبارکی وړاندی کوی. زمونږ ګران هیواد افغانستان په دی وروستیو کالونو کی د پرمختګ په بیلو بیلو ډګرونو کی د پام وړ لاس بری موندلی ولی اوس هم دیوه هوسا افغانستان د جوړیدو په لار کښی ډیري ننګونی په مخکی پرتی دی. په پوره ډاډ سره ویلی شو چه پرتی ستونځی او مشکلات به د افغانستان د قهرمان او زړور ملت په سر ښندنی حل او هیله لرو چه  په راتلونکی کی د یو سوکاله او سمسور افغانستان خاوندان و اوسو. هیله کوو چه دلوی اختر مبارکی ورځی په ګران افغانستان کښی د تل پاتی سولی او امن زیری ورکړ. ___________ پیام تبریکه هموطنان گرامی! سفارتکبرای جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان در سویس (ژنیو) به وسیله این پیام مراتب بهترین تبریکات و تهنیات نیک خود را به مناسبت فرخنده حلول عید سعید اضحی به شما هموطنان گرامی دور از وطن به خصوص افغانهای مقیم در کشور سویس تقدیم میدارد. با وجودیکه کشور عزیز ما دست آورد های بزرگی طی سالیان اخیر داشته ولی هنوز هم با چالش های دشوار در راستای توسعه بازسازی و تأمین صلح و امنیت سراسری مواجه میباشد. یقین کامل داربم که در اثر شهامت و قهرمانی ملت غیور ما زمینه های فراروی از چالش های موجود فراهم گردیده، مردم کشور ما به آینده های سعادت و تعالی امیدوار و متیقن میگردند. به امید آنکه ایام مبارک عید سعید اضحی نوید بخش تأمین صلح و سعادت برای کافهء مردم نجیب افغانستان باشد.

 

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Afghan Minister attended the International Conference on Education

Heading a high ranking delegation H.E. Dr. Ghulam Farooq Wardak, Minister of Education of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan participated at the forty-eight session of the UNESCO International Education from 25-28 November 2008 in Geneva.

In his statement, H.E. Dr. Wardak highlighted Afghanistan’s notable achievements in the education sector in the last seven years and reiterated the Government’s determination to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2020, which means that all children in Afghanistan, boys and girls alike will be able to complete a full course of primary education.

At the outskirt of the conference, Minister Wardak discussed avenues for expanding of bilateral relations  with a number of his counterparts, including Education Ministers of Islamic Republic of Iran, India, China, Tajikistan, Switzerland, France, Germany and Norway.

The International Conference on Education is one of the most important meeting, in which more than 100 education ministers from all continents attended the conference to discuss ways to advance the goal of education for all. The theme of this year’s conference was “Inclusive Education: The Way of Future”.

It is worth mentioning that H.E. Mr. Zahir Aziz, Afghanistan’s Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO and ISESCO also accompanied the delegation in this visit.

 

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38th Annual International Bazaar

The United Nations Women's Guild's International Annual Charity Bazaar 2008 took place at the Palais des Nations on 25^th November 2007.

Under the auspices of Afghanistan Ambassador’s wife, Mrs. Tarzi, the stand of Afghanistan actively participated in this year’s International Bazaar and its multi-colored traditional Afghan jewelries, handcrafts, clothes, rugs and posters, which reflected its rich culture, made the Afghan stall vibrant and attractive to hundreds of enthusiastic customers.

A significant amount of money raised from the sale will go towards the UN Fund, which helps the poor children who are suffering in different parts of the world.

 

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 Afghan delegation attends 9^th MSP

The 9^th meeting of the state parties to the anti-personal mine ban convention was held from 24^th to 28^th of November 2008 in Geneva. This five-day meeting was attended by Mrs. Suraya Paikan, Deputy Minister for Martyrs and Disabled Affairs of the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled of Afghanistan as the representative of mine victims, and as for mine clearance Dr. Abdul Matin Adrak, head of the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority.

Under the mine clearance obligation of Article 5 of the aforementioned convention, Dr. Adrak provided an update of Afghanistan’s achievement on matters concerning mine clearance and challenges that lay ahead.

Mrs. Suraya Paikan also addressed the meeting and highlighted some major steps that her Ministry had taken in expediting the development of victim assistance progarmme.

It is pertinent to mention that Dr. Mohammad Haider Reza, Director of the United Nations Mine Action Centre for Afghanistan and representative of other relevant agencies and civil society of Afghanistan also participated in the aforementioned meeting.

 

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Study visit to WIPO

 

A High-level Afghan delegation attended a three –day study visit to the WIPO headquarter from 18^th to 20^th of November 2008. The delegation was comprised of Dr. Adib Farhadi, Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Azim Husseini, Advisor to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and Head of IP Board and Mr.Najib Manalai, Advisor to the Ministry of Information and Culture of Afghanistan.

The objective of this study visit was to provide an opportunity for the policy makers of Afghanistan to enhance their awareness and knowledge of operations and benefits of WIPO system and acquaint them with activities of WIPO on some issues of particular importance to Afghanistan.

On the final day of the study visit, the delegation met with the new Director General of WIPO, Dr. Francis Gurry and discussed issues of mutual of concern and interest.

Head of the delegation also held a number of bilateral meetings with senior officials of UNCTAD, WTO and ITC on the sideline of this visit, where he called for further enhanced cooperation and assistant in fields of trade, export promotion and capacity building programme for Afghanistan.

 

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WTO Study Visit for Afghan officials

 

From 10^th to 20^th of November 2008, the Government of Turkey through its Permanent Mission to the WTO sponsored and organized a ten-day WTO study visit for officials of the Ministries of Commerce and Industry and Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan in Ankara and Geneva.

Intensive tailor-made programs and lectures by experts exposed the delegation to the activities of WTO and enhance their awareness and knowledge of the World Trade Organization’s rules and functioning of the Organization.  The Afghan delegation also accompanied officials of the Permanent Mission of Turkey to the WTO in numerous WTO meetings, in order to learn from their experience of working with WTO.

 

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Le Gouvernement de la République Islamique d’Afghanistan lance un appel d’offre international pour l’exploitation  du minerai de Chromates en Afghanistan. L’estimation de l’exploitation est de 10 ans. Ce minerai riche en cristaux de Chrome  est  situé  au lieu dit Gerdab, dans le district de Kama  à la province de  Nangarhar. Toutefois, l’Ambassade de la République Islamique d’Afghanistan en Suisse invite les compagnies Suisses d’exploitation minières intéressées par cet avis d’appel d’offre international à adresser leur demandes, voire des propositions, ou inscriptions par le biais de l’Ambassade. Néanmoins et à des fins utiles, l’Ambassade de la République Islamique d’Afghanistan en Suisse met à disposition pour d’amples renseignements un site internet    www.mom.gov.af

د ګرانو هیواد والو دپام و!  زمونږ یو شمیر هغه افغانان چه په سویس هیواد ګی استوګن دی دوی مخکی د افغانستان داسلامی جمهوریت دپوهنی له وزارت څخه د درسی کتابونود ورکړی غوښتنه درلوده ،چه خوشبختانه اوس زمونږ ګران هیواد وال کولی شی نو موړی درسی کتابونه له اول تولګی څخه تر دولسم ټولگی پوری د هیوادپه دواړو ملی ژبو پښتو او دری د افغانستا ن د اسلامی جمهوریت د پوهنی وزارت له ویب پاڼیwww.moe.gov.af  څخه د الترونیک فایل په شکل  لاس ته راوړی قابل توجه هموطنان گرامی! عده ای از افغان ها مقیم سویس از وزارت معارف جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان تقاضا نموده بودند تا کتب درسی مکاتب را به دست رسی شان قرار داده شود. هموطنان عزیز می توانند کتب درسی از صنف اول الی دوازدهم به زبان های ملی پشتو و دری را به شکل فایل الکترونیکی از ویب سایت وزارت معارف جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان www.moe.gov.af به دست آورند.

 

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Afghan delegation attends 119^th Assembly of the IPU

 

H.E. Mr. Mirwais Yasini, Deputy Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga (House of Representatives of Afghanistan Parliament), headed a high-ranking Afghan parliamentary delegation from both houses to the 119^th Assembly of the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva from 13^th to 15^th of October 2008.

On the sideline of the Assembly, the delegation met with their counterparts and discussed issues of mutual interest and concern.  They also attended a number of key side events and committees.

At this year’s IPU Assembly, legislators from over 130 countries touched upon a number of important issues and adopted an emergency item entitled ‘the role of parliaments in containing the global financial crisis and its economic impact both on developing and developed countries’.

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UNHCR's 59^th ExCom

An Afghan delegation headed by H.E. Sher Mohammad Etebari, Minister of Repatriation and Refugees, participated in the fifty-ninth session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme (EXCOM) which was held from 6^th to 10^th of October 2008, in Geneva.

On the second of the session, Minister Etebari addressed the Executive Committee meeting and underlined the government’s achievements and challenges with regard to five million Afghan refugees whom have returned home in recent years.

In his statement, H.E. Mr. Sher Mohammad Etebari shed light upon the forthcoming ‘Kabul International Conference on Return and Reintegration‘, which is scheduled to take place on the 19^th of November 2008 and will be co-chaired by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan and the UNHCR.  He then expressed Afghanistan’s gratitude to the UNHCR, International NGOs for their timely support to the voluntary repatriation and reintegration programmes and the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan for their generosity towards Afghan refugees over so many years.

 

On the sideline of the session, a full day meeting took place where the Afghan delegation discussed the preparation of Kabul Conference with H.E. Boudewijn J. Vaneenennaam, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands (Chairperson of ExCom), the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the Minister for States and Frontier Regions of Pakistan and the Deputy Interior Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The Afghan Minister also had a number of bilateral meetings with his counterparts and other officials at the 59th ExCom session.

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قابل توجه مولفان، نويسندگان و مترجمان کشور مرکز مطالعات استراتيژيک وزارت امور خارجه ج.ا.ا در نظر دارد با عنايت به اهميت کتاب، مطالعه و تحقيق که غنامندی و پويايی فرهنگی يک جامعه را آينه داری می کند، برای اولين بار "جشنواره سالانه گزينش کتاب برتر علامه محمود طرزی" را بمنظور معرفی کُتب و آثار مولفان، نويسندگان و مترجمان افغان که در حوزه های سياست خارجی، روابط بين المللی، تاريخ معاصر افغانستان، حقوق و سياست، آثار و ترجمه های آنان از سال 1380 به چاپ رسيده است، برگزار نمايد. هدف: ·        معرفی آثار برتر نويسندگان و مترجمان افغان ·        استفاده از يافته ها و داشته های علمی و تجربی نويسندگان و پژوهش گران کشور در عرصه سياست          جهانی  و منطقه يی ·        قدردانی از نويسندگان و مولفان ميهن و تجليل از مقام شامخ قلم ·        تشويق و ترغيب نويسندگان و قلم بدستان عرصه های سياست و حقوق به پژوهش و تأليف   لذا از تمامی مولفان، نويسندگان و مترجمان کشور صميمانه تقاضا می گردد آثار شان را تا اول عقرب 1387 به مرکز مطالعات استراتيژيک وزارت امور خارجه ج.ا.ا ارسال نمايند. شرايط حضور آثار: ·        خلاصه بيوگرافی نويسنده يا مترجم ·        به يکی از دو زبان رسمی کشور نگاشته شده باشد ·        متناسب با موضوعات بالا باشد ·        از سال 1380 به بعد چاپ شده باشد ·        مترجمان محترم لازم است متن اصلی کتاب را در صورت دسترسی به آن در اختيار داوران قرار دهند.   برای اطلاع بيشتر به آدرس c.s.s@mfa.gov.af  يا با شماره تلفن           0093 799335226-700104323 تماس برقرار نمايند.