(Source: United Nations General Assembly) Gains made in the areas of human rights and development contrasted sharply with the volatile and deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, the General Assembly heard today from three dozen speakers as the 193-member body took up the situation in that country. Implementation of most of the September 2014 agreement on the National Unity Government had already improved political stability in the country, Afghanistan's representative told the Assembly, adding that, this year, the Government had set up a Special Electoral Reform Commission to help restore credibility in the electoral process and had bolstered healthcare, education, water and...
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