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Rice To Lead U.S. Delegation to London Conference on Afghanistan

19 January 2006

Meeting intended to secure international support scheduled to begin January 31

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will head the U.S. delegation to the London Conference on Afghanistan January 31 to February 1, according to a January 19 State Department press notice.

The notice says the conference will provide the international community with the opportunity to pledge its political and financial support to the security, development, governance, human rights and counternarcotics plans of the Afghan government.

Following is the text of the press notice:

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
January 19, 2006

NOTICE TO THE PRESS

Secretary of State Rice's Travel to the London Conference on Afghanistan

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will lead the U.S. delegation at the London Conference on Afghanistan hosted by the United Kingdom January 31-February 1, 2006.  The Conference will mark the beginning of a new phase in the international community's long-term partnership with Afghanistan.

At the conference, the elected government of Afghanistan will outline its goals for security, development, governance, human rights, and counter-narcotics.  The international community will commit politically and financially to supporting these goals.

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(Distributed by the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)