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| New UN envoy seeks to coordinate Afghan efforts |
| 2008-03-16 |
| 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 state’s 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 |
| #6 The Vampiric Vulture Elite (VVE) of the UN will follow the tried and true method of standing off and criticizing those who are actually working then, when all is just about done (and a 5-star hotel with 24 Hr Catering is in place), jumping in with a big fanfare (and full MSM coverage) and claim all the credit. We've seen it all before. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-03-16 10:48 |
| #5 No five star hotels. You mean Bobby Flay hasn't opened up a new Mesa in Kabul? |
| Posted by: Raj 2008-03-16 09:22 |
| #4 And a Kabul branch office for the Nah. Note the dateline is 'Oslo', not 'Kabul'. I doubt the UN bureaucrats will get within a thousand miles of Afghanistan. No five star hotels. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2008-03-16 02:28 |
| #3 And a Kabul branch office for the |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2008-03-16 02:10 |
| #2 Expect an order for large numbers of white Toyota Land Cruisers. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-03-16 01:06 |
| #1 He's from the U Afghanistan is doomed. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-03-16 00:06 |