Afghanistan, June 7 -- The UN Security Council will hold a meeting on Afghanistan on Monday, where UNAMA's top official in the country is expected to brief members on recent developments.
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said the meeting will take place at UN headquarters in New York at 10:00 a.m. local time (6:30 p.m. Kabul time). Georgette Gagnon, UNAMA's Officer-in-Charge and Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, is expected to present an update on the situation in Afghanistan.
According to UNAMA, the briefing comes ahead of a separate Security Council meeting scheduled for June 16, when members are expected to discuss the extension of the mission's mandate in Afghanistan. The Council previously approv...