APPALLED BY MURDER OF FOUR JOURNALISTS IN AFGHANISTAN, SECRETARY-GENERAL

APPEALS TO ALL PARTIES TO COMPLY WITH INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS UNDP ADMINISTRATOR MARK MALLOCH BROWN

TO LEAD EARLY RECOVERY EFFORT IN AFGHANISTAN

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Friday, 16 November:

The Secretary-General has asked the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Mark Malloch Brown, immediately to take on the responsibility of leading the early recovery effort in Afghanistan.

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES URGENT NEED TO ESTABLISH

BROAD-BASED GOVERNMENT IN AFGHANISTAN

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS SUSTAINED ENGAGEMENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL NEEDED

TO GET AFGHANISTAN ON PATH TO LASTING PEACE

Following is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the open meeting of the Security Council on Afghanistan:

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE SAYS REHABILITATION OF WAR-AFFECTED CHILDREN MUST BE

PLACED AT FOREFRONT OF INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO AFGHAN SITUATION

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE CONCERNING AFGHANISTAN

ISSUES FURTHER ADDENDUM

PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of today’s statement on Afghanistan by Mignonette Patricia Durrant (Jamaica), President of the Security Council:

Members of the Security Council met in informal consultations and were briefed by Under-Secretary-General Kenzo Oshima on the situation in and around Afghanistan, including the humanitarian situation.

Biographical Note

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FAO WARNS OF FAMINE THREAT TO AFGHANISTAN, WHILE FOOD SUPPLIES

TIGHTEN IN NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES

(Reissued as received.)

PRESS STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL ON AFGHANISTAN

Following is the text of this afternoon’s statement to the press on Afghanistan by the President of the Security Council, Richard Ryan (Ireland):