NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–17 April 2010 – “We feel, that based on this, and according to this being put in writing and (in the) format of guidelines for Elections 2010, we are in a position, under those circumstances, to recommend to the international community, to support financially the future elections,” added Mr. de Mistura, who is also the head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). He was joined at the press conference by his new deputy, Martin Kobler.The highest United Nations official in Afghanistan today recommended the release of international assistance for parliamentary elections to be held later this year, following a meeting with President Hamid Karzai and other Afghan officials in which new senior election commission members were appointed and a question about women candidates clarified.
