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UN envoys continue talks in advance of Bonn meeting on Afghanistan

21 November 2001
Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan today completed a mission to Kabul, where he held talks with leading officials in advance of next week's meeting in Bonn of various Afghan factions.
Lakhdar Brahimi

UN-brokered Afghan meeting set for Monday; Security Council welcomes move

20 November 2001
Lakhdar Brahimi, Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, today confirmed that a meeting of various Afghan groups and other interested players was set for next week in Germany – a development that was immediately welcomed by members of the United Nations Security Council.

Seeking to stave off hunger in Afghanistan, UN agencies speed up food deliveries

20 November 2001
United Nations agencies are working to prevent widespread hunger in Afghanistan, where drought and war had severely hampered food production even before the recent military operation, UN officials said today.

UN official says Afghanistan will need multi-billion dollar recovery effort

20 November 2001
Addressing a conference on the reconstruction of Afghanistan held today in Washington, D.C., a senior United Nations official said the country's long-term recovery effort would cost billions of dollars.

Amid reports of surrender, Annan urges Afghan sides to honour international law

20 November 2001
Acutely concerned about the safety and well-being of innocent civilians in Afghanistan, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged all parties to respect international humanitarian law.

Senior UN official says Afghan women key to building their country's future

20 November 2001
The women of Afghanistan, long victims of armed conflict in their country, have an essential role to play in its future, a senior United Nations official said today.

Amid improved security, more UN aid workers return to Afghanistan

19 November 2001
Amid improved security, more United Nations international relief staff are returning to Afghanistan to join their local counterparts in assisting millions of people in the war-ravaged and drought-stricken country, UN officials said today.

UN 'not directly contacted' about mediating surrender in Kunduz, Afghanistan

19 November 2001
The United Nations has not been directly contacted about mediating a surrender in Kunduz, Afghanistan, a spokesman for the world body said today.
Mark Malloch Brown

Quick action pledged by UN official tapped to lead recovery effort in Afghanistan

19 November 2001
The top United Nations development official, who has been just named by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to lead the early recovery effort in Afghanistan, pledged today to take quick action in responding to the challenges facing the country.

Probe into illegal executions in Afghanistan urged by UN human rights expert

16 November 2001
Reacting to reports of innocent civilians being killed in Afghanistan, a United Nations human rights expert has called for the investigation of these crimes and the prosecution of those responsible.