NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD URGES FULL SUPPORT TO AFGHAN AUTHORITIES

IN ADDRESSING DRUG CONTROL SITUATION

(Reissued as received.)

JEAN ARNAULT APPOINTED SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR AFGHANISTAN

AND HEAD OF UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE SEES ‘CRITICAL DECISIONS’ FOR COUNTER-NARCOTIC

EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN

POPPY CULTIVATION IN AFGHANISTAN -– SEARCH FOR ALTERNATIVES

FAO Asks for $25.5 Million to Finance

Development Projects in Main Poppy-Producing Areas

ROME, 2 February (FAO) -- Eliminating opium production in Afghanistan will only be successful if poverty and unemployment are reduced at the same time, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.

PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on Afghanistan delivered today by Security Council President Heraldo Muñoz (Chile):

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES AFGHAN PEOPLE ON ADOPTION OF CONSTITUTION,

URGES IMMEDIATE ACTION ON KEY CHALLENGES OF SECURITY, RECONSTRUCTION

Following are Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s remarks to the Security Council meeting on Afghanistan in New York, on 15 January:

CEDAW CHAIRPERSON APPLAUDS NEW AFGHAN CONSTITUTION

The following statement was issued by Ms. Feride Acar, Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW):

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ATTACKS IN KANDAHAR

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

PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press on Afghanistan by Security Council President Heraldo Muñoz (Chile):

Members of the Security Council welcomed the new Constitution agreed by Afghanistan’s Constitutional Loya Jirga on 4 January.

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED AT AGREEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN’S NEW CONSTITUTION

The following statement was issued on 4 January by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was very pleased to learn today of the Constitutional Loya Jirga’s agreement on Afghanistan’s new Constitution.  He congratulates the delegates to the Constitutional Loya Jirga on the completion of this difficult and complex process.