Donors Meet in Tokyo to Commit to Major Recovery Plan

for Conflict-Ravaged Afghanistan

Ministers from leading donor countries are meeting in Tokyo, Japan, on

21-22 January to make commitments to a major recovery plan for conflict-ravaged Afghanistan.

UNITED NATIONS PRESENTS INTERIM PROGRAMME TO BRING

IMMEDIATE RELIEF, RECOVERY TO AFGHANISTAN

International donors and development partners, gathering in Tokyo, Japan, 21-22 January to pledge funds to rebuild Afghanistan’s shattered infrastructure and economy, will have the opportunity to jump-start the country’s recovery by financing a unique interim strategy that will provide the long-suffering Afghan people with immediate benefits.

AFGHANISTAN OPIUM BAN AN IMPORTANT STEP IN GLOBAL DRUG CONTROL EFFORTS,

SAYS UN DRUG CONTROL OFFICE

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 17 January (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP) says the ban on opium poppy cultivation announced this week in Afghanistan represents a very important step in international drug control efforts.

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 1267 (1999)

CONCERNING AFGHANISTAN REMOVES ARIANA AFGHAN AIRLINES FROM ITS LIST

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Afghanistan has removed Ariana Afghan Airlines and its accounts from its consolidated list.  The list designates individuals and entities whose funds and other financial resources should be frozen.

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE CONCERNING AFGHANISTAN ISSUES

FURTHER ADDENDUM TO NEW CONSOLIDATED LIST

(Reissued as received.)

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE CONCERNING AFGHANISTAN

DELETES BANK FROM NEW CONSOLIDATED LIST

(Reissued as received.)

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE CONCERNING AFGHANISTAN ISSUES

FIRST ADDENDUM TO ITS NEW CONSOLIDATED LIST

In accordance with paragraph 8 (c) of resolution 1333 (2000), the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) has added the following individuals/entities to its new consolidated list issued as SC/7222/Rev.1 on 26 November 2001.

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SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘WARMLY WELCOMES’ SIGNING

OF ‘PROVISIONAL ARRANGMENTS IN AFGHANISTAN’

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

TRUE AFGHAN PEACE NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT RESTORATION OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO BRUSSELS SUMMIT

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Afghan Women’s Summit for Democracy, being held in Brussels 4 to 5 December, delivered today on his behalf by Angela King, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women: