联合国在阿富汗北部成立新办事处

2009年5月9日电  本周六，联合国在阿富汗北部的萨伊浦省成立了在阿的第二十个办事处，目的旨在继续推进饱受战乱的阿富汗的发展。

“我认为新成立办事处意义重大，因为它反映了我们希望人们能够给贫困地区更多关注和更多资源的目标”，秘书长潘基文的特别代表凯.爱德在剪彩仪式上说。

爱德先生负责领导联合国驻阿富汗援助代表团，他说位于该国中部和北部的贫困和和平的地区不能继续再被人们忽视了。

他呼吁给萨伊浦人民以及全部的阿富汗人平等和公正的援助，并警告说“如果我们允许这种不公平继续，那么结果将导致今天和平地区的动荡不安”。

萨伊浦的这个新办事处目标是引进农业改革，以便避免过去持续的人道主义危机，并关注人权，尤其是妇女的权利。

“阿富汗需要妇女为国家发展带来资源和人才”，他说，“这不仅仅是个人权利的问题，更关系到整个国家的未来。”

爱德先生在场同时也对阿富汗人民强调接下来的总统选举和各省选举应该消除腐败，遵循国家的宪法和法律。

本周早些时候，爱德特别代表还主持了联合国驻阿富汗援助代表团在该国南部的乌鲁兹干省首府梯林阔特市办事处的成立仪式，他表示“我们办事处的成立应该是向大家释放一个这样的信号，那就是鼓励人们来这里工作。”

联合国驻阿富汗援助代表团其它的办事处分别位于玛扎萨利夫，昆都兹，哈尔特，坎大哈，南加哈，巴彦，喀布尔，加德兹，加尔，库纳尔，阔斯特，尼姆卢兹，巴德西斯，麦马纳，乌鲁兹干，法扎巴德，代昆迪和扎布尔等省。此外，代表团在伊朗首都德黑兰和巴基斯坦首都伊斯兰堡都设有联络处。

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UN expands presence in Afghanistan with new office in the north

Special Representative Kai Eide (right) at the opening of the UN's 19th office in Afghanistan

9 May 2009 – The United Nations opened its 20th office in the northern Sar-i-Pul province of Afghanistan on Saturday, continuing the world body's drive to promote development across the strife-torn nation.

“I consider this opening to be especially important, because it reflects one of our most important objectives to draw more attention and resources to the poorest provinces,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Special Representative Kai Eide said at a ceremony marking the event.

Mr. Eide, who heads the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), said that the poor and the stable provinces in the Central and Northern parts of the country cannot continue to be neglected.

Pledging to push for an equitable and astute distribution of assistance to the people of Sar-i-Pul and across Afghanistan, he warned that if we allow “this feeling of unfairness to continue, then the result could be instability where there is today stability.”

The new office in Sar-i-Pul aims to introduce agricultural reform as to avoid the constant humanitarian crises of the past, as well as devote attention to human rights, particularly the rights of women.

“Afghanistan needs the resources and talents that its women can bring to the development of the country,” he said. “It is a not just a question of human rights of individuals, but also the future of the entire country.”

Mr. Eide also used the occasion to urge the people of Afghanistan to ensure that the upcoming presidential and provincial elections are free of corruption and compliant with the country's Constitution and laws.

Earlier this week, the Special Representative opened a UNAMA office in Tirin Kot, the capital of the southern province of Uruzgan, stating that the “opening of our office should serve as a signal encouraging others to come and work in this province.”

UNAMA's other offices are located in Mazar-e-Sharif, Kunduz, Heart, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Bamyan, Kabul, Gardez, Ghor, Kunar, Khost, Nimroz, Badghis, Maimana, Uruzgan, Faizabad, Daikundi and Zabul provinces. In addition, the mission has liaison offices in the Iranian capital of Tehran and the Pakistani capital of Islamabad.

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