PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

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

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.

FAO DISTRIBUTES SEEDS TO RETURNEES IN AFGHANISTAN

Seed Distribution Campaign Reaches 60,000 Families

(Reissued as received.)

KABUL/ROME, 18 December (FAO) -- Around 60,000 Afghan farm families have received high quality seeds and fertilizers ahead of the planting season, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROFOUNDLY SADDENED BY CHILDREN’S DEATHS

IN AFGHANISTAN AIR STRIKES

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Sunday, 7 December:

UN DRUG AND CRIME CHIEF DISCUSSES COUNTER-NARCOTICS EFFORTS

WITH VISITING FOREIGN MINISTER OF AFGHANISTAN

(Reissued as received.)

FIRST-EVER LIVESTOCK CENSUS IN AFGHANISTAN

Restocking of Farm Animals Could Take

Many Years -- Herds Decimated by Drought and War

PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the text of the press statement on Afghanistan delivered on 17 November by Security CouncilPresident Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins (Angola):

Members of the Security Council condemned unequivocally the murder on 16 November of Bettina Goislard, a staff member for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.