STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN OF 1267 COMMITTEE ON DE-LISTING PROCEDURES

The following statement was issued on 15 August, by the Chairman of the 1267 Committee on De-Listing Procedures:

AFGHANISTAN:  LOCUST-CONTROL CAMPAIGN SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED

UN ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT TO VISIT AFGHANISTAN

UN DRUG CONTROL OFFICE HELPS AFGHANISTAN DEVELOP ANTI-NARCOTICS MEASURES

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS’

ASSASSINATION OF AFGHAN VICE-PRESIDENT

Urges Afghan Authorities ‘To Do Everything

In Their Power’ to Bring Perpetrators to Justice

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES HAMID KARZAI ON HIS ELECTION

AS HEAD OF AFGHAN TRANSITIONAL AUTHORITY

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

SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ADDS NEW INDIVIDUALS

AND ENTITIES TO ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

(Reissued as received.)

NEW YORK, 25 April (Department of Political Affairs) -- The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) on 24 April 2002 decided to add the entities and individuals listed below to its consolidated list.

‘TANGIBLE PEACE DIVIDEND’ ALREADY IN PLACE IN AFGHANISTAN,

UNDP ADMINISTRATOR TELLS PARTICIPANTS AT SPECIAL BRIEFING

UNFPA, AFGHAN HEALTH MINISTRY RUSH MEDICAL TEAM TO SUPPORT

SAFE MOTHERHOOD FOR EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS

PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of today’s press statement on Afghanistan by the President of the Security Council, Ole Peter Kolby (Norway):

Council members met in informal consultations and discussed the situation in Afghanistan, in particular the establishment of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.