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  • [Afghanistan] The girl leaning on the tent with USA pails in her hands
  • [Afghanistan] IOMs work in the Shaidayee IDP camp in Herat. One of IOMs activities was to transport the IDPs back to their places of origin within the Voluntary Return Programme and -at that time- the daily distribution of bread.
  • [Afghanistan] Maslakh IDP camp. In winter 2001/2002, most displaces Afghans have been assisted by IOM to return to their places of origin.
  • [Afghanistan] The four kids sitting in front of the tent
    Ethnic Pashtun IDPs may be able to return to their homes in the north when the message of improved security is heard
  • [Iran] Thousands of Afghans have registered for the process
    Thousands of Afghans have registered for the process
  • [Iran] Iranian MP Fatemeh Rakei
    Iranian MP Fatemeh Rakei
  • [Afghanistan] Afghan Ambassador Dr Ahmad Mushahid
    Ambassador Ahmad Mushahid
  • [Afghanistan] Children in “Minarets”, the third IOM managed IDP camp in Herat. The Minaret 1&2 IDP camps are named after the famous five historical minarets in Herat, one is in the background of the picture.
    The minister of health estimates up to 700 children a day are dying of preventable diseases in Afghanistan
  • [Burundi] Portrait d`enfant, (January 2002)
    Burundian child
  • [Afghanistan] A small girl in Shaidayee IDP camp. During my six months stay in Herat this was the only time I saw a child with a doll. Normally IDP children only have self made toys.
    Over two million Afghans have already returned home
  • [South Africa] Peter Piot Executive Director UN AIDS
    UNAIDS Executive Director, Peter Piot
  • [Afghanistan] View on Maslakh IDP camp. In winter 2001/2002 Maslakh IDP camp was the biggest refugee camp in Asia. Meanwhile most displaces Afghans have been assisted by IOM to return to their places of origin. In the foreground the abandoned shelters hav
    The destruction of the gene bank used to breed crops suitable for Afghanistan's harsh climate and poor soil represents a blow to food security
  • UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
    UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
  • [Burundi] Although some Burundian refugees are repatriating voluntarily to a nearly decade-long civil war, more than 350,000 remain in western Tanzania, including this young boy. While most Burundian refugees want to repatriate eventually, many prefer to
    Some Burundian refugees are going home voluntarily after nearly a decade of civil war, but more than 350,000 remain in western Tanzania, including this young boy
  • [Burundi] For many repatriating Burundian refugees living in western Tanzania, the journey home begins well before dawn and does not end until after the sun has set the next day. This refugee woman quenches her thirst at the Burundi border before beginnin
    Réfugiés burundais en Tanzanie
  • [Burundi] May 2002, Refugee children returning to an unstable and war-torn Burundi are confronted with an uncertain future. This recently repatriated young Burundian has lived his entire life in western Tanzanian refugee camps. His new life has begun w
    Refugee children returning to Burundi, like this boy, are confronted with an uncertain future. This boy lived his entire life in a western Tanzanian refugee camp until his repatriation..
  • [Eastern DR Congo] Near Goma. This is a MONUC helicopter, waiting to transport polio vaccine to remote regions of eastern DRC during National Immunization Days. NIDs in DRC have been hugely successful - to the point that we have not found a single case
    Past polio vaccination campaign in eastern DRC
  • [Congo] Pygmy community in Sbiti district. National Immunization Days in Congo. This pygmy communicated was struck by a polio outbreak just the year before. The outbreak was contained, and now the community is reached regularly during NIDs and protecte
    Vaccination against polio is essential to avoid the risk of paralysis
  • [Congo] NUBA - were taken recently in the contested Nuba mountains. This was the first time WHO had access to this region - and was able to carry out polio immunization for 45,000 children under five. This access was crucial for continued success in po
  • [Afghanistan] Mud shelter of IDPs in Shaidayee camp in Herat. Shaidayee inhabits around 25,000 IDPs and is the second largest IDP camp in Herat. IOM is the Focal Point for all agencies working in the camp.
  • [Afghanistan] Maslakh IDP camp in Herat. In winter 2001/2002 ten thousand of IDPs came to Herat in search of shelter and security. At that time Maslakh was the biggest IDP camp in Asia and accommodated 120,000 IDPs. Meanwhile the majority of the IDPs have
  • [Afghanistan] Children in the mud in Maslakh IDP camp in Herat
    Children in the mud in Maslakh IDP camp in Herat / Western Afghanistan.
  • [Afghanistan] Census preparations underway
    Getting ready for the count
  • [Congo] NUBA - were taken recently in the contested Nuba mountains. This was the first time WHO had access to this region - and was able to carry out polio immunization for 45,000 children under five. This access was crucial for continued success in po
    WHO has intensified efforts to eradicate polio across Africa
  • [Afghanistan] Census preparations are now underway
  • [Somalia] A Somali refugee awaits the start of a Women Victims of Violence (WVV) gathering in Hagadera refugee camp, Dadaab, Kenya. Sexual and domestic violence against females, as well as forced marriages, are chronic problems in the Dadaab refugee camps
    Many women in Kenya have suffered abuse.
  • [Iran] Bander Abbas port in Iran.
    Bander Abbas port in Iran
  • [Afghanistan] Governor of Khowst.
    Khowst Governor, Hakim Taniwal
  • [Pakistan] Protesting farmers sit in a church compound.
    Punjabi tenant farmers at a sit-in protest against moves by the army to evict those who reject new terms that deny them land rights
  • [Angola] Demining.
    Mine infestation continues to pose a threat to civilians
  • [Iran] Bander Abbas port in Iran.
  • [Iran] Bander Abbas port in Iran.

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