Seeking to express their solidarity with the women of Afghanistan, a United Nations committee will adopt a formal statement on the important role they should play in the country's reconstruction, the body's chairperson said today.
A major international meeting to raise funds for the recovery effort in Afghanistan concluded today in Tokyo announcing almost $2 billion in pledges and contributions for 2002, which prompted United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to describe the forum as "remarkably successful."
As a major donors’ conference on Afghanistan got under way today in Tokyo, United Nations relief agencies appealed for immediate and long-term assistance to help rebuild Afghanistan’s devastated public services.
