UN envoy to Afghanistan to step down
AFP - Fri Dec 11, 6:35 am ETThe top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan Kai Eide will step down when his two-year mission reaches its scheduled end in March 2010, a UN spokesman said Friday.
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The top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan Kai Eide will step down when his two-year mission reaches its scheduled end in March 2010, a UN spokesman said Friday.
KABUL (AP) — A spokesman says the top United Nations official in Afghanistan has asked the U.N. secretary-general to start looking for his replacement.
The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) plans to step up its strength at Gemena in the northwest to stop tribal strife getting worse, MONUC chief Alan Doss said Wednesday.
What's Your Reaction? KABUL — The top U.N. official in Afghanistan said Friday he will not renew his two-year contract when it expires in March. Kai Eide, a Norwegian diplomat, said he is not stepping down but has asked U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to start searching for a replacement.
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UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations' top envoy in Afghanistan, Kai Eide, said Friday that he would step down from his post in March, ending a tumultuous tenure that was marred by allegations of widespread corruption in Afghanistan's U.N.-backed presidential election.
A top UN official on Wednesday praised "great progress" in easing Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis, but urged donors to continue supporting the country's recovery from a decade of economic freefall.