131 updates found
Toggle text
24 Mar 2002

Afghanistan + 1 other
UN press briefing in Kabul 24 Mar 2002

Report
— UN Information Center, Islamabad
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE U.N. OFFICES IN KABUL
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's briefing in Kabul by U.N. Spokesperson, Manoel de Almeida e Silva (including question and answer session).

** Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Spokesman for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan

Talking Points

SRSG's Trip to Beirut and Geneva

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Lakhdar. Brahimi, is leaving Kabul this afternoon for Beirut. He will join Secretary-General Kofi Annan in the Lebanese capital

Toggle text
17 Mar 2002

Afghanistan + 1 other
UN press briefing in Kabul 17 Mar 2002

Report
— UN Information Center, Islamabad
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE U.N. OFFICES IN KABUL
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's briefing in Kabul by U.N. Spokespersons Manoel de Almeida e Silva (including question and answer session). Due to technical difficulties, there is only a partial transcript of the press briefing today.

** Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Spokesman for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan

Talking Points

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, is leaving Kabul later this morning for a visit to Herat and Kandahar.

Toggle text
07 Mar 2002

Pakistan + 1 other
Pakistani and Afghan women join in solidarity in Islamabad to celebrate International Women's Day

Report
— UN Information Center, Islamabad
Some eight hundred Pakistani and Afghan women gathered on 7 March 2002 in Islamabad's Jinnah Stadium as part of a unique event to symbolize solidarity between the women of the two neighboring countries on the occasion of International Women's Day.
Working together, they sewed a 90 meter long embroidery panel consisting of 347 individual contributions. Some expressed messages of hope in Urdu, Pashto or Dari for the new Afghanistan that is slowing re-emerging after years of conflict. Others showed doves, flowers or symbols of peace.

Most of the Pakistani and Afghan women

Toggle text
19 Feb 2002

Afghanistan + 1 other
UN press briefing in Islamabad 21 Feb 2002

Report
— UN Information Center, Islamabad
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE U.N. OFFICES FOR PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's briefing at the United Nations Information Centre in Islamabad by the United Nations offices for Pakistan and Afghanistan (excluding question and answer session).

** Eric Falt, Director, UN Information Centre

Good afternoon. I want to recognize today the presence of Manoel de Almeida e Silva, who arrived in Islamabad this morning and who will shortly take up his new position as UN Spokesman and Director of Communication. Up until now, he was the Deputy Spokesman of

Toggle text
14 Feb 2002

Afghanistan + 1 other
UN press briefing in Islamabad 14 Feb 2002

Report
— UN Information Center, Islamabad
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE U.N. OFFICES FOR PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's briefing at the United Nations Information Centre in Islamabad by the United Nations offices for Pakistan and Afghanistan (excluding question and answer session).

** Eric Falt, Director, UN Information Centre

Good afternoon. The situation in Afghanistan and the Middle East topped the agenda of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's meeting yesterday with President George Bush in Washington, D.C. On Afghanistan,

Toggle text
11 Feb 2002

Afghanistan + 2 others
UN press briefing in Islamabad 11 Feb 2002

Report
— UN Information Center, Islamabad
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE U.N. OFFICES FOR PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's briefing at the United Nations Information Centre in Islamabad by the United Nations offices for Pakistan and Afghanistan (excluding question and answer session).

** Eric Falt, Director, UN Information Centre

Good afternoon. You have just seen outside a demonstration by WHO of an emergency health kit of the kind they are sending to Afghanistan. WHO has dispatched 300 tons of medicines and supplies

Toggle text
07 Feb 2002

Afghanistan + 1 other
UN press briefing in Islamabad 07 Feb 2002

Report
— UN Information Center, Islamabad
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's briefing at the United Nations Information Centre in Islamabad by the United Nations offices for Pakistan and Afghanistan (excluding question and answer session).
** Eric Falt, Director, UN Information Centre

Good afternoon. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan briefed the Security Council yesterday on his recent visit to this region and on progress in Afghanistan. He stressed that one key element in the country's recovery will be the support of its neighbors, and that

Toggle text
04 Feb 2002

Afghanistan
UN press briefing in Islamabad 04 Feb 2002

Report
— UN Information Center, Islamabad
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE U.N. OFFICES FOR PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's briefing at the United Nations Information Centre in Islamabad by the United Nations offices for Pakistan and Afghanistan (excluding question and answer session).

** Eric Falt, Director, UN Information Centre

Good afternoon. I don't have very much for you today, but I would like to use the opportunity of this briefing to announce the rare visit this week of Mr. Kim Hak-Su, the Executive Secretary

Toggle text
31 Jan 2002

Afghanistan + 1 other
UN press briefing in Islamabad 31 Jan 2002

Report
— UN Information Center, Islamabad
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE U.N. OFFICES FOR PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's briefing at the United Nations Information Centre in Islamabad by the United Nations offices for Pakistan and Afghanistan (excluding question and answer session).

** Eric Falt, Director, UN Information Centre

Good afternoon. As you know, the first session of the Special Independent Commission for the convening of the Emergency Loya Jirga met on 29 January in Kabul, marking another landmark in the implementation of the Bonn Agreement. The Special Representative

Toggle text
28 Jan 2002

Afghanistan + 1 other
UN press briefing in Islamabad 28 Jan 2002

Report
— UN Information Center, Islamabad
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE U.N. OFFICES FOR PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's briefing at the United Nations Information Centre in Islamabad by the United Nations offices for Pakistan and Afghanistan (excluding question and answer session).

** Eric Falt, Director, UN Information Centre

Good afternoon. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is now in Vienna, Austria, continuing a trip that saw him stopping in Kabul, Tehran and Qatar over the week-end. We have posted his speeches, transcripts of press conferences, photographs and other material on our

Toggle text
23 Jan 2002

Afghanistan + 2 others
UN press briefing in Islamabad 23 Jan 2002

Report
— UN Information Center, Islamabad
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE U.N. OFFICES FOR PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's briefing at the United Nations Information Centre in Islamabad by the United Nations offices for Pakistan and Afghanistan (excluding question and answer session).

** Eric Falt, Director, UN Information Centre

Good afternoon. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan left Tokyo last night at the conclusion of the two-day International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan. As you probably

Toggle text
21 Jan 2002

Afghanistan + 2 others
UN press briefing in Islamabad 21 Jan 2002

Report
— UN Information Center, Islamabad
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE U.N. OFFICES FOR PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's briefing at the United Nations Information Centre in Islamabad by the United Nations offices for Pakistan and Afghanistan (excluding question and answer session).

** Eric Falt, Director, UN Information Centre

Good afternoon. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan spoke earlier today in Tokyo, Japan, at the beginning of the two-day International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan. He said: "Today in Afghanistan, a window of opportunity is opening.

Toggle text
18 Jan 2002

Afghanistan + 1 other
UN press briefing in Islamabad 18 Jan 2002

Report
— UN Information Center, Islamabad
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE U.N. OFFICES FOR PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's briefing at the United Nations Information Centre in Islamabad by the United Nations offices for Pakistan and Afghanistan (excluding question and answer session).

** Eric Falt, Director, UN Information Centre

Good afternoon. Further to yesterday's mention of the new decree banning opium poppy in Afghanistan, we are making available to you a press release from the UN Office for Drug Control and

Toggle text
17 Jan 2002

Afghanistan + 2 others
UN press briefing in Islamabad 17 Jan 2002

Report
— UN Information Center, Islamabad
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE U.N. OFFICES FOR PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's briefing at the United Nations Information Centre in Islamabad by the United Nations offices for Pakistan and Afghanistan (excluding question and answer session).

** Eric Falt, Director, UN Information Centre

Good afternoon. We mentioned to you only a couple of days ago that UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan would be in Tokyo for the Reconstruction Conference, but I am happy to confirm that he will

Toggle text
16 Jan 2002

Afghanistan + 1 other
UN press briefing in Islamabad 16 Jan 2002

Report
— UN Information Center, Islamabad
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE U.N. OFFICES FOR PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's briefing at the United Nations Information Centre in Islamabad by the United Nations offices for Pakistan and Afghanistan (excluding question and answer session).

** Eric Falt, Director, UN Information Centre

Good afternoon. We indicated yesterday that up to $ US 100 million are needed urgently to satisfy the immediate needs of the Afghan Interim Administration and help keep it afloat for the next six months. But according to a preliminary needs assessment prepared

Toggle text
15 Jan 2002

Afghanistan + 1 other
UN press briefing in Islamabad 15 Jan 2002

Report
— UN Information Center, Islamabad
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE U.N. OFFICES FOR PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's briefing at the United Nations Information Centre in Islamabad by the United Nations offices for Pakistan and Afghanistan (excluding question and answer session).

** Eric Falt, Director, UN Information Centre

Good afternoon. United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will be traveling to Tokyo this weekend to attend the International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan.

The two-day Conference, co-chaired by

Toggle text
14 Jan 2002

Afghanistan + 1 other
UN press briefing in Islamabad 14 Jan 2002

Report
— UN Information Center, Islamabad
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE U.N. OFFICES FOR PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's briefing at the United Nations Information Center in Islamabad by the United Nations offices for Pakistan and Afghanistan (excluding question and answer session).

** Stephanie Bunker, Spokesperson,UN Coordinator's Office for Afghanistan.

Ravan A. G. Farhadi, the Permanent Repr4esentativce of Afghanistan to the United Nations, on Friday presented his credentials to the Secretary General Kofi Annan.

Mr. Farhadi first presented his credentials

Toggle text
14 Jan 2002

Afghanistan + 1 other
UN press briefing in Kabul 14 Jan 2002

Report
— UN Information Center, Islamabad
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE U.N. OFFICES IN KABUL
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's briefing in Kabul by U.N. Spokespersons Ahmad Fawzi and Jordan Dey (including question and answer session).

** Ahmad Fawzi, Spokesman for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan

First a number of housekeeping matters. In order to serve you better, I would like to create a roster of the media in Kabul. For this purpose we have created a media registration form which Vicky will leave on the counter to my left, please pick up a copy and fill

Toggle text
11 Jan 2002

Afghanistan + 1 other
UN press briefing in Islamabad 11 Jan 2002

Report
— UN Information Center, Islamabad
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE U.N. OFFICES FOR PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's briefing at the United Nations Information Centre in Islamabad by the United Nations offices for Pakistan and Afghanistan (excluding question and answer session).

** Eric Falt, Director, UN Information Centre

Mr. Brahimi chaired yesterday the first-ever meeting of the so-called "Joint Coordination Body", bringing together officials of the Interim Administration and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). General McColl, Commander of ISAF and

Toggle text
10 Jan 2002

Afghanistan + 1 other
UN press briefing in Islamabad 10 Jan 2002

Report
— UN Information Center, Islamabad
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE U.N. OFFICES FOR PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's briefing at the United Nations Information Centre in Islamabad by the United Nations offices for Pakistan and Afghanistan (excluding question and answer session).

** Eric Falt, Director, UN Information Centre

Good afternoon. In Kabul, Mr. Brahimi continues to work towards the appointment of a Special Commission for the convening of an Emergency Loya Jirga and towards the preparation of the Tokyo Conference on Reconstruction.

Informing humanitarians worldwide.

A service provided by OCHA

ReliefWeb has been the leading online source for reliable and timely humanitarian information on global crises and disasters since 1996.
Learn more about ReliefWeb

From the Blog

Do you need access to ReliefWeb on your smartphone?

It’s official, ReliefWeb Mobile is ready to go. After months of conceptualising, developing and testing, ReliefWeb Mobile is our first “ Labs ” project to graduate into a ready-to-use mobile...

Connect With ReliefWeb

Related Sites

Submit Content

Share information through ReliefWeb to better inform humanitarians worldwide.

How to submit content

Tools