JOHN HEILPRIN

Associated Press

March 20, 2008

The resolution was approved unanimously by the 15-member council.

“Afghanistan is one of the most important issues facing the world, because the struggle against terrorism and against extremism in that part of the world is the defining challenge of our time,” U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said.

Renewing the mandate for another year gives the mission and Kai Eide of Norway, the new U.N. special representative in Afghanistan, responsibility for providing “more coherent support by the international community to the Afghan government” and for leading the U.N. in “a strengthened and expanded presence throughout the country.”

Last week, the U.N. peacekeeping chief called for a U.N. “course correction” in Afghanistan to improve coordination of international civilian efforts to help promote peace.

Undersecretary-General for Peacekeeping Jean-Marie Guehenno told the council the international community has been committed and generous, but all too often “insufficiently united.”

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