FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION: 2002

Press release : Afghanistan panel pinpoints nationwide security, institution-building, reconstruction, economic revival, outside interference as persistent areas of concern First session on political issues : 9 a.m.-11 a.m (Trusteeship Council Chamber) - Chair: H.E. Mr. Jan Kavan, President of the General Assembly - Moderator: Mr. Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs - Panelists: H.E. Mr. Amin Farhang, Member of the Afghan Transitional Government, Minister of Reconstruction ; Mr. Jean Arnaud, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan ; Mr. Ahmed Rashid, Journalist ; Mr. Barnett Rubin, Director of Studies at the New York University Center on International Cooperation Second session on economic issues : 11 a.m.-1 p.m (Trusteeship Council Chamber) - Chair: H.E. Mr. Jan Kavan, President of the General Assembly - Moderator: Mr. David Malone International Peace Academy, President - Panelists: Ms. Julia Taft, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, UNDP ; Mr. Eric Morris, Director of the New York Liaison Office, UNHCR ; Mr. Bernard Frahi, Representative of the Office on Drugs and Crime ; Mr. Mukesh Kapila, Former special adviser to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan - Discussants: H.E. Mr. Amin Farhang, Member of the Afghan Transitional Government, Minister of Reconstruction ; Mr. Ishaq Naderi, Professor at New York University; Senior economic adviser of President Hamid Karzai; participated at the Bonn Conference as an adviser. Accredited non-governmental organizations and media are invited to attend both sessions.

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