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New UN envoy seeks to coordinate Afghan efforts
The new United Nations envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide, said on Saturday that his top priority would be to better coordinate international development and aid efforts with the NATO-led military forces and Afghan authorities.The Norwegian diplomat said that more security in southern and eastern Afghanistan was needed to foster economic and social development, but that the solution to the war-torn states problems was political, not military. Eide said he was encouraged by a UN focus on coordinating relief and nation-building efforts and expected flexibility from all players to make the pieces fit together better. Posted by: Fred 2008-03-16 |
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