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Afghans keen on rebuilding their country, UN agency says

For the first time in many years, the international community has the opportunity to promote recovery and reconstruction in Afghanistan, a spokesman for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said today.

UN opens meeting in Berlin on Afghanistan recovery effort

Senior United Nations officials today pledged their agencies' support in rebuilding Afghanistan as a donor conference focusing on the immediate and longer-term needs of the country opened today in Berlin.

Top UN officials to attend Berlin donor meeting on Afghanistan's reconstruction

United Nations officials are gearing up to attend a donor conference on the reconstruction of Afghanistan set to open in Berlin on Wednesday.

Afghan children must get priority attention in recovery effort, UNICEF chief says

The reconstruction of Afghanistan will only succeed if proper attention is given to the needs of the country's children, the Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said today in Islamabad.

Peace is key to revival, UN envoy says at end of forum on Afghanistan's recovery

As an international conference on the reconstruction of Afghanistan wrapped up its work today in Islamabad, the United Nations official leading the UN recovery effort in the country stressed that a viable political settlement was key to any future economic revival.

UN-sponsored conference on Afghanistan's reconstruction opens in Islamabad

The international community stands ready to help meet the needs of Afghanistan's people in reconstructing their war-torn country, officials said today at the opening of a three-day conference in Islamabad sponsored jointly by the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Asian Development Bank.

UN development agency co-sponsors meeting on Afghanistan's recovery

An international conference on Afghanistan's reconstruction set to open tomorrow in Islamabad has attracted wide interest, including among Afghans, according to organizers of the meeting that is being co-sponsored by the United Nations development agency.