23 June 2010 - The United Nations Security Council members continued to hold meetings in Kabul today during their visit to Afghanistan.

Security Council members met with the Chairman,Fazal Ahmad Manawi, and commissioners of the Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission and the Electoral Complaint Commission in Kabul.

Members also met with Vygaudas Ušackas, the Special Representative of the European Union for Afghanistan and held talks with Afghan Ministers including Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministers of Defense, Interior, NDS, Finance, Peace and Reintegration, Education, Agriculture, Public Health, Social Affairs, IDLG, Anti-Corruption, Head of Governance Cluster, National Security Adviser in Minister of Foreign Affairs.

In the afternoon, Security Council members also met with H.E. Mohammad Younus Qanooni, the speaker of the Lower House of Parliament (Wolesi Jirga), and other members of Parliament.

The visit by the 15-member peak UN-body is coordinated by Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan of Turkey with support from the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. The last Security Council visit to Afghanistan was in November 2008.

The visit will continue tomorrow.