Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said the United Nations, which is currently providing humanitarian aid to Afghanistan while promoting a political settlement, could in the future have a greater role to play in the country.
Lack of access to border areas in Pakistan today continued for the fourth straight day to stymie efforts by United Nations relief agencies to inject urgently needed humanitarian assistance into Afghanistan.
With the security situation in Pakistan posing serious obstacles to the humanitarian effort under way in the region, work on prospective refugee campsites in Quetta and Peshawar remained on hold for the third day in a row, the United Nations refugee agency said today.
East Timor's Constituent Assembly today presented the main themes that would be considered by four working groups in drawing up the territory's first constitution, the United Nations Transitional Administration (UNTAET) said.
Four members of a local mine-clearing organization funded by the United Nations were killed in Afghanistan last night during the bombardment of the capital, Kabul, a UN spokesperson said today.
Expressing "grave concern" about the current humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, members of the Security Council today emphasized the need for the relief effort in the country.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said the United Nations was continuing its efforts to bring aid to the suffering people of Afghanistan while working to protect its personnel in the country.
Despite a precarious security situation and logistical problems in Pakistan's border areas, a build-up of humanitarian supplies continued today, a spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said.
