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Article: UN chief welcomes new timetable for presidential, parliamentary elections in Afghanistan

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UN chief welcomes new timetable for presidential, parliamentary elections in Afghanistan

UNITED NATIONS, July 9 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Friday welcomed the decision made by Afghan's electoral authorities to hold presidential elections on Oct. 9 and delay national and local parliamentary elections until April 2005.

"The Secretary-General is convinced that the ongoing electoral process, supported as it is by the keen aspiration of Afghans to political participation, can be brought to a successful conclusion and make an essential contribution to the restoration of a lasting peace and the building of a legitimate democratic state in Afghanistan," the UN chief said in a ...

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