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| U.N. Not Seeking Role in Afghanistan: Official |
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THU, OCT 18, 2001
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The United Nations is not "seeking any role" in peacekeeping, nation-building or a transitional government in Afghanistan, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's special envoy said in New York Wednesday.
The organization will take the stance while committed to its long-standing work in providing humanitarian assistance and in seeking a settlement to the on-going conflict, ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi .
"The U.N. is not seeking a transitional administration or peacekeeping or anything like that," Brahimi noted.
The U.N. would continue to be involved in providing aid and relief to the needy Afghans whose number is increasing and in trying to end conflicts in the country, instead of providing a direct administration for it, he said.
All the U.N. can do is to see how it can "bring all the parties that have a say together," the diplomat said. "We will go wherever and whenever it is necessary and useful to do so, but you don't rush around just for the sake of doing it."
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