Afghan

With $1 million from Japan, UN project to cut demand for drugs in Afghanistan

29 July 2004
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today announced plans to cut drug use in Afghanistan under a project receiving financial backing from the Government of Japan.

UN agencies send relief supplies to help quake victims in Afghanistan

27 July 2004
United Nations agencies are rushing food and other relief supplies to Afghans whose homes were destroyed or damaged by two recent earthquakes in the country's west and southeast.

Afghan voter registration to begin winding down - UN mission

26 July 2004
With almost 8 million people now registered to vote in Afghanistan, and the pace of enrolment increasing in the south, the United Nations mission to the country (UNAMA) has announced that the long-running registration process is set to wind down.

Nearly four out of five eligible Afghans now registered to vote - UN mission

22 July 2004
Almost four out of every five estimated eligible voters in Afghanistan have registered for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections, the United Nations Assistance Mission in the country (UNAMA) announced today.

Annan welcomes Afghanistan's unveiling of presidential, parliamentary poll dates

9 July 2004
Afghanistan will hold presidential elections on 9 October and delay national and local parliamentary elections until April 2005, its electoral authorities announced today in a decision welcomed by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
UNESCO head Koïchiro Matsuura

UNESCO head visits Afghanistan

1 July 2004
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.