The writer is a former United Nations official who served with the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) in key positions in Europe, Africa, and Asia
Women impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic wait to receive cash assistance from the World Food Programme in Kabul, Afghanistan. Credit: WFP/Massoud Hossaini
GENEVA, Mar 15 2021 (IPS) - There is much expectation about US President Joe Biden’s Afghanistan strategy to end the United States’ longest war effectively. So far, he continues to rely on Ambassador Zalmai Khalilzad, the Special Envoy for Afghanistan, appointed by Mr. Trump.
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UNHAS Afghanistan Standard Administrative and Operating Procedures (SAOP) - Part 1
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2.1CONCEPT OF OPERATION
UNHAS Afghanistan fulfills the demand from the humanitarian community for transportation of their staff, partners and cargo involved in humanitarian and development activities in Afghanistan. Aircraft chartered by WFP Aviation under UNHAS management provides airtransport to all eligible humanitarian organizations and their partners to all regions of Afghanistan. UNHAS provides both regular and special flights, which includes scheduled, charter, medevac, and security relocation flights for all its registered userorganizations. The aircraft have a monthly capacity of more than 3,000 passengers and 15,000 KG of light humanitarian cargo. The aircraft used in the operation includes airplanes and helicopter. UNHAS operates flights on a point to point basis within Afghanistan anddoes not offer orfacilitate transfer of passengers or their baggage to other flights outside the
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Seth Amoama, to act as Chief of Defence Staff.
The appointment according to a press release signed by Eugene Arhin, Acting Director of Communication at the presidency is effective from February 5, 2021, pending consultation with the yet-to-be-constituted Council of State.
“This appointment has been made following the completion of the tour of duty and subsequent retirement from the Ghana Armed Forces, on 5th February 2021, of the current Chief of Defence Staff, Lt. Gen. O.B Akwa. The President has expressed his gratitude to him for his dedicated and meritorious service to the Ghana Armed Forces and to the nation,” the statement said.
Standard Administrative and Operating Procedures (SAOP) Part 1 - Democratic Republic of the Congo, 01 January 2021
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1.1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Aviation plays an important role in humanitarian operations around the world, especially in countries where overland transport is difficult or impossible due to insecurity, damaged or inadequate infrastructure, and challenging climatic conditions. Aviation allows the transport of humanitarian aid workers and humanitarian cargo to communities in some of the world’s most inaccessible places.
During the fifth session of the United Nations High Level Committee on Management (HLCM) held in New York from 12-13 June 2003, the World Food Programme (WFP) accepted the request of the Committee to take the responsibility for administering air transport services for UN agencies and NGOs involved in humanitarian and “other” activities not directly or specifically for peacekeeping. Thus, effective January 2004, WFP became the managing body of new