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):

SECRETARY-GENERAL RE-APPOINTS LAKHDAR BRAHIMI

AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR AFGHANISTAN

PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is today’s statement on the situation in Afghanistan by the President of Security Council, Richard Ryan (Ireland):

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS LOSS OF LIFE BY CONFLICT IN AFGHANISTAN,

EXHORTS ALL PARTIES TO MINIMIZE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES

Expresses Dismay at Reports of Taliban Harassment and Beatings of UN Agency Staff

Following is the text of a statement today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

      I regret the tragic loss of life caused by the intensified conflict in Afghanistan.

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, Richard Ryan (Ireland):

For release on delivery

ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC CONFERENCE HAS CENTRAL ROLE IN DEVISING EFFECTIVE STRATEGY

TO COMBAT TERRORISM, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan (to be delivered by Ibrahim Gambari, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa) to the Organization of Islamic Conference Extraordinary Foreign Minister Conference in Doha on 10 October: