JAPAN PLEDGES FUNDS FOR DRUG DEMAND-REDUCTION PROGRAMME IN AFGHANISTAN

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VIENNA, 29 July (UN  Information  Service) -- The Government of Japan pledged a contribution of approximately $1 million, towards a project aimed at drug demand-reduction in Afghanistan, to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today.

UN RESPONDS TO FLOODS, LANDSLIDES IN AFGHANISTAN

NEW YORK, 22 July (OCHA) -- United Nations agencies -- together with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), the Afghan Government and other partners -- are distributing relief items in the north-eastern province of Badakshan.

Secretary-General expresses full support for afghanistan election dates,

underscores need for safe, secure environment for electoral process

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Afghan Authorities Request UN Assistance in Drafting Legislation

Against Terrorism, Transnational Organized Crime

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press statement on afghanistan by Security Council president

Following is the press statement on Afghanistan delivered today by Security Council President Lauro Baja (Philippines):

Members of the Security Council condemn in the strongest terms the terrorist attack that took place in Jalaouk, Afghanistan, on 10 June 2004, in which 11 Chinese construction workers were killed and some others were injured.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS KILLING OF 11 CHINESE WORKERS, AFGHAN GUARD

IN ‘CONTEMPTIBLE’ ATTACK ON UNARMED CIVILIANS IN AFGHANISTAN

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

UN COUNTER-NARCOTICS CHIEF TO ADDRESS SEVERE DRUG CULTIVATION,

TRAFFICKING SITUATION DURING VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN

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ACTING HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WELCOMES APPOINTMENT

OF INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON AFGHANISTAN

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AFGHANISTAN WILL NEED CONTINUED INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE UNTIL TRANSITION

IS COMPLETE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS BERLIN CONFERENCE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Conference on Afghanistan in Berlin, delivered today by Lakhdar Brahimi, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General:

UN COUNTER-NARCOTICS CHIEF APPEALS FOR GREATER ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN

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BERLIN, 30 March (UNODC)  —  A call for more resources to counteract the growing drug problem in Afghanistan was issued today prior to an international meeting in Berlin by Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).