UNESCO head visits Afghanistan

The Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Koïchiro Matsuura, is in Afghanistan today, where he has held talks with Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Representative Jean Arnault as well as with Government officials.

Mr. Matsuura, who arrived yesterday, was today attending the opening ceremony for a new educational centre at Radio and TV Afghanistan in Kabul. UNESCO has rebuilt the centre with funding from the Government of Italy.

He was also attending a ceremony to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Education for $3.5 million worth of education projects.