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U.N.'s new envoy hails Karzai on poll watchdog change
Mar 16, 2010 11:25 EDT
KABUL (Reuters) - The new United Nations special envoy to Afghanistan praised President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday for revoking a decree that barred foreign observers from a U.N.-backed electoral watchdog.
New UN envoy to Afghanistan arrives at troubled mission
Mar 13, 2010 14:16 EST
The new UN representative to Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, arrived Saturday to take up his post at a mission that has suffered blows to its standing and morale in the past year.
US cautiously supports Karzai on new election law
Feb 24, 2010 22:15 EST
US officials voiced support here for Afghan President Hamid Karzai's move to take control of an election watchdog in an apparent break with key allies fighting in the war-torn country.
Swedish diplomat named top UN envoy to Afghanistan
Jan 27, 2010 18:09 EST
AP Interview: UN chief backs plan to pacify Taliban, taps 'wisdom' of Swede as Afghan envoy. The U.N. chief named a veteran Swedish diplomat on Wednesday to serve as the next top U.N. official in Afghanistan, a day ahead of a 60-nation conference in London on the nation's future.
U.N. can't back more Afghan elections without reform
Jan 05, 2010 07:12 EST
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations, criticized over fraud in Afghanistan's presidential elections last year, cannot back future polls without reforms to the voting process, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said in a new report.
Should Afghanistan's next election be delayed?
Dec 25, 2009 20:16 EST
Afghanistan's donors fear May parliamentary election disaster, some mull possibility of delay. Five months before parliamentary elections in Afghanistan, donor nations are worried about another messy vote and some international officials are even discussing whether the polls should be delayed.
With UN in disarray, Afghan leader lacks guidance
Dec 23, 2009 05:57 EST
Hamid Karzai has cleared the first hurdle of his presidency with an acceptable cabinet but faces the hazards of bringing peace and democracy to Afghanistan with a UN mission in disarray.
With UN in disarray, Afghan leader lacks guidance
Dec 23, 2009 02:15 EST
Hamid Karzai has cleared the first hurdle of his presidency with an acceptable cabinet but faces the hazards of bringing peace and democracy to Afghanistan with a UN mission in disarray.
Ex-UN Afghan deputy denies conspiracy
Dec 17, 2009 17:49 EST
Ex-UN Afghan deputy disputes report he plotted against President Karzai. The former deputy U.N. chief in Afghanistan said Thursday that he had proposed replacing the Afghan president with an interim government to avert a constitutional crisis if a fraud-marred election could not be resolved in time. He denied the suggestion that it was a plot against President Hamid Karzai.
Fired Afghan envoy starts legal action against U.N.
Dec 17, 2009 16:39 EST
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The former deputy U.N. envoy to Afghanistan, U.S. diplomat Peter Galbraith, said on Thursday that he has launched legal action against the United Nations for firing him without any justification.
US aide to UN in Afghanistan wanted Karzai 'replaced'
Dec 17, 2009 06:44 EST
A senior United Nations official has said his former deputy wanted to seek US support to force Afghan President Hamid Karzai from office, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
UN envoy to Afghanistan to step down
Dec 11, 2009 12:35 EST
The UN envoy to Afghanistan, who was criticised over his handling of the deeply controversial August election steeped in fraud, is to step down when his mission ends in March 2010, a spokesman said Friday.
U.N. Afghan envoy to step down on schedule in March
Dec 11, 2009 10:20 EST
KABUL/OSLO (Reuters) - The top U.N. official in Afghanistan says he will step down in March when his two year contract is scheduled to end and has asked Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to find his replacement to ensure a smooth transition.
UN envoy to Afghanistan to step down
Dec 11, 2009 07:06 EST
The UN envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide, who was criticised over his handling of an August election steeped in fraud, is to step down when his mission ends in March 2010, a spokesman said Friday.
U.S. envoy to Afghanistan seeks improved coordination
Dec 03, 2009 05:46 EST
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The civilian operation to rebuild Afghanistan is disjointed and needs to be coordinated better, U.S. special envoy Richard Holbrooke said on Wednesday.
Former UN diplomat defends Kurdistan oil interests
Nov 14, 2009 14:43 EST
Former UN diplomat who advised Kurds defends oil interests in northern Iraq. A former U.S. ambassador who served as a private advisor to Kurdish leaders in Iraq defended his financial stake in oil fields in the country's north, insisting Saturday there was no conflict of interest.
U.N. declares Afghan election "credible, legitimate"
Nov 09, 2009 15:56 EST
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly declared on Monday that Afghanistan's presidential election was both credible and sound, despite allegations of widespread fraud that led critics to question the vote's legitimacy.
British deaths raise questions about Afghan police
Nov 04, 2009 21:19 EST
Killing of 5 British soldiers raises questions about infiltration of Afghan police force. The killing of five British troops by a rogue Afghan policeman underlines concerns about training and discipline within the ranks and possible insurgent infiltration of a police force that the U.S. hopes will be its ticket out of Afghanistan someday.
UN envoy warns Karzai of losing world support
Nov 03, 2009 19:00 EST
The top UN official in Afghanistan called on its President Hamid Karzai to show his commitment to reform in his next cabinet, bluntly warning that the world could desert him otherwise.
Diplomatic blunders behind Afghan vote chaos
Nov 02, 2009 19:00 EST
The 10 weeks of chaos that dogged Afghanistan's tumultuous election were accompanied by a string of diplomatic blunders that ended with the scrapping of a run-off imposed on President Hamid Karzai.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Peter W. Galbraith | |
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| In office June 28, 1993 – January 3, 1998 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
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| Succeeded by | William Dale Montgomery |
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| Born | 31 December 1950 |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Anne O'Leary,divorced; Tone Bringa |
| Relations | John Kenneth Galbraith, father; James K. Galbraith, brother |
| Children | three |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (A.B.) Oxford University(M.A.) Georgetown University (J.D.) |
| Profession | diplomat, public servant, professor, writer |
