| Date | 11 November 2002 |
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Agenda items 21 (d) and 37
Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan
The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security
Draft resolution (A/57/L.13/Rev.1)
The President
The General Assembly will consider sub-item (d) of agenda item 21, "Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan"; and agenda item 37, "The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security" and draft resolution A/57/L.13/Rev.1 entitled "Open-ended panel of the General Assembly on 'Afghanistan: one year later'".
The idea of organizing a panel discussion on Afghanistan as an interactive dialogue with interested Member States has received overwhelming support from many countries concerned, including the Security Council members, the neighbouring countries and many influential States, such as Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, just to name a few.
This panel discussion is also very closely intertwined with my own efforts as the President of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly to revitalize its meetings.
These were the reasons that I decided to link this panel, scheduled for 18 November, with this year's plenary session on Afghanistan, to be held on 6 December. I do strongly believe that the panel discussion can enrich this year's commemoration of the first anniversary of the Bonn Conference and could lead the United Nations to specific conclusions in terms of post-conflict reconstruction in Afghanistan, thereby providing new recommendations for future United Nations activities in this domain.
To achieve these goals, I ask you to be prepared for such a discussion. What I envisage as very important are our attempts to find out what were the lessons learned by the United Nations in Afghanistan. The panel should also give us an opportunity to see the consequences of the decisions adopted by the United Nations and to find out if these decisions were properly implemented. What are the results that these decisions helped us to achieve? Should we modify our humanitarian activities and economic assistance in Afghanistan? What else needs to be done in order for us to achieve United Nations goals in Afghanistan sooner and more effectively? I do truly hope that we will be able to meet these criteria.
I now give the floor to the representative of the Secretariat.
Mr. Chen (Under-Secretary-General, Department of General Assembly Affairs and Conference Management)
Under operative paragraph 1 of draft resolution A/57/L.13/Rev.1, the General Assembly decides to convene, on 18 November 2002, an open-ended panel on Afghanistan, which will have two consecutive sessions, one from 9 to 11 a.m., and the other, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Should the General Assembly adopt draft resolution A/57/L.13/Rev.1, no additional expenditure would be required, since the open-ended panel would be convened on a date and time when the plenary would not be in session. The related meeting servicing costs would be met, therefore, from overall resources earmarked for the meetings of the plenary.
The President
The Assembly will now take a decision on draft resolution A/57/L.13/Rev.1.
May I take it that the Assembly decides to adopt draft resolution A/57/L.13/Rev.1?
The President
The General Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of sub-item (d) of agenda item 21 and agenda item 37.
