UNITED NATIONS DRUGS OFFICE REPORTS MAJOR INCREASE

 

IN OPIUM CULTIVATION IN AFGHANISTAN

 

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 18 November (UN Information Service) -- This year, opium cultivation in Afghanistan has increased by 64 per cent compared to 2003, according to the Afghanistan Opium Survey 2004, released today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Secretary-General congratulates Hamid Karzai on Election to Afghan Presidency

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

Secretary-General Deeply Dismayed at Abduction of three UN staff in Afghanistan

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

The Secretary-General today learned with deep regret and dismay that three international staff contracted by the UN Development Programme were abducted from a UN vehicle at approximately 1:00 in the afternoon, local time, in Kabul, Afghanistan.

democracy firmly taking root, Secretary-General tells afghan people in message

following their country’s first presidential election

 

The following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the people of Afghanistan on the occasion of their first presidential election as delivered by Special Representative to the Secretary-General Jean Arnault today, 12 October 2004:

Secretary-General applauds voter enthusiasm in Afghanistan election;

 

urges ANY irregularities to be resolved lawfully

 

This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Afghan food production hit by drought, pests; Poor suffer from rising food prices

(Reissued as Received.)

Secretary-General condemns attacks on UN offices, NGOs in Afghanistan

 

The following statement was issued on 12 September by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan

The Secretary-General condemns today's attacks against United Nations offices, non-governmental organizations and the Independent Human Rights Commission in Herat (Western Afghanistan).

Secretary-General, deeply concerned by violent attacks in Afghanistan,

 

Calls for necessary safety, security for electoral workers

 

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

JAPAN PLEDGES FUNDS FOR DRUG DEMAND-REDUCTION PROGRAMME IN AFGHANISTAN

(Reissued as received.)

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.