UN MESSENGER OF PEACE, MUHAMMAD ALI, ON MISSION TO AFGHANISTAN 17-19 NOVEMBER

Muhammad Ali is undertaking a humanitarian mission to Afghanistan to raise awareness of the humanitarian needs of the people of Afghanistan and the work of the United Nations there.  The Mission is being sponsored by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

LONG LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN AFGHANISTAN, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN IMMENSE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO GENERAL ASEMBLY PANEL

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the panel on "Afghanistan:  One Year Later", delivered by Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, in New York on 18 November:

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UNITED NATIONS DRUG CONTROL AGENCY URGES GREATER HELP

FOR AFGHANS IN FIGHT AGAINST OPIUM CULTIVATION

PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is today's press statement on Afghanistan by the President of the Security Council, Stefan Tafrov (Bulgaria):

After listening to a briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Lakhdar Brahimi, on recent developments in Afghanistan, Council members met in informal consultations.

UNEP TO ASSESS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE IN AFGHANISTAN

KABUL/NAIROBI, 12 September (UNEP) -- Five teams totalling 20 Afghan and international scientists and experts will depart Kabul today to collect samples and examine sites around the country in the first-ever effort to assess how 30 years of conflict have affected Afghanistan's environment.

PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on Afghanistan by the President of the Security Council, Stefan Tafrov (Bulgaria):

Members of the Council were briefed by the Secretariat on the recent appalling terrorist acts in Afghanistan.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS, ‘IN STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS’, ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

AGAINST AFGHAN PRESIDENT AND KABUL CAR BOMB EXPLOSION

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

UN POPULATION FUND REJECTS FALSE ALLEGATIONS ABOUT ITS WORK IN AFGHANISTAN

Disinformation Endangers Women, United Nations

Staff and International Relief Workers, Says Agency

SIX MILLION AFGHANS REMAIN VULNERABLE TO FOOD INSECURITY DESPITE