The United Nations has joined with the Afghan Government in launching a project to report on the country’s implementation of human rights treaties, including those enshrining civil, political and children’s rights and outlawing racial discrimination, discrimination against women and torture. The Project on Capacity Building for Sustained Human Rights Treaty Reporting in Afghanistan was officially launched yesterday by Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Special representative Jean Arnault and Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah at a ceremony held at the Foreign Ministry in Kabul, the capital. Full Story