SG/SM/13030-DC/3253-L/T/4420
The following statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was issued today:
On Monday, 19 July, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon left Geneva to travel to Afghanistan, to co-chair the International Conference on Afghanistan with President Hamid Karzai, which would take place the following day. As the Secretary-General noted, the Tuesday meeting was the first international conference on Afghanistan to be held in the country, organized by the Afghan Government for the Afghan people.