The UN Secretary-General's new envoy to Afghanistan would have a "strong mandate" and be appointed soon, an official of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said Monday.
"Secretary-General of the Untied Nations in agreement with the government of Afghanistan has proposed a new candidate for the position of special representative in Afghanistan," Christopher Alexander, a UNAMA official, told a news briefing here. "We hope this appointment will be approved shortly."
He said the new special representative of UN chief in Afghanistan has a strong mandate.
"It is a mandate to coordinate the work of the international community, the support of the international community and then it is a mandate to lead some specialized forms of work for which the Untied Nations has particular responsibility in the field of human rights, in the field of humanitarian coordination, in the field of disarmament and in the field of electoral system," the UN official noted.
He said under the renewed leadership, the UNAMA will reinforce its mission of assisting the Afghan people and support to Afghan government institutions under the leadership of President Hamid Karzai.
Alexander did not identify the new envoy.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on March 6 named Norwegian diplomat Kai Eide as his new envoy for Afghanistan, replacing Tom Koenigs of Germany, according to earlier media reports from New York. Eide, 59, is a former Norwegian ambassador to the NATO and worked as a UN envoy in the Balkans.
Eide became one of a handful of candidates for the post after Afghan President Hamid Karzai turned down British candidate Paddy Ashdown.
Source:Xinhua
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