U.N. congratulates Afghanistan, Karzai
Wednesday December 08, 2004 (1324 PST)
UNITED NATIONS, December 09 (Online): United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Tuesday congratulated Hamid Karzai on his inauguration as Afghanistan's first democratically elected leader.
Annan also pledged full support to completion of the agenda set out in Bonn, Germany, which three years ago this month set Afghanistan on the transition to full democracy.
"This election and the recently adopted constitution the president swore to uphold today are two key milestones in the building of a strong democratic state in that country," Annan said in a statement issued at U.N. World Headquarters in New York by his spokesman, Fred Eckhard..
"The Secretary-General wishes President Karzai and the people of Afghanistan success as they take on the multiple tasks of stabilization and reconstruction, including the preparation of the upcoming parliamentary elections," the statement said. "He is gratified by the contribution that the United Nations has been able to make to the process of transition so far."
Following the 2001 ouster of the Taliban regime by U.S.-led forces, the United Nations aided in reconstruction and other efforts before helping to prepare for elections. The U.N.- sponsored Bonn conclave set up provisional arrangements for eventual takeover by a permanent government
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Wednesday December 08, 2004 (1324 PST)
UNITED NATIONS, December 09 (Online): United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Tuesday congratulated Hamid Karzai on his inauguration as Afghanistan's first democratically elected leader.
Annan also pledged full support to completion of the agenda set out in Bonn, Germany, which three years ago this month set Afghanistan on the transition to full democracy.
"This election and the recently adopted constitution the president swore to uphold today are two key milestones in the building of a strong democratic state in that country," Annan said in a statement issued at U.N. World Headquarters in New York by his spokesman, Fred Eckhard..
"The Secretary-General wishes President Karzai and the people of Afghanistan success as they take on the multiple tasks of stabilization and reconstruction, including the preparation of the upcoming parliamentary elections," the statement said. "He is gratified by the contribution that the United Nations has been able to make to the process of transition so far."
Following the 2001 ouster of the Taliban regime by U.S.-led forces, the United Nations aided in reconstruction and other efforts before helping to prepare for elections. The U.N.- sponsored Bonn conclave set up provisional arrangements for eventual takeover by a permanent government
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