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Syria peace talks

GENEVA, Switzerland - Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N. and Arab League special envoy to Syria, holds a press conference at the United Nations' European headquarters on Jan. 28, 2014, as Syria peace talks are held in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Syria peace talks

GENEVA, Switzerland - Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N. and Arab League special envoy to Syria, holds a press conference at the United Nations' European headquarters on Jan. 26, 2014, as Syria peace talks are held in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Japanese foreign minister in Switzerland

MONTREUX, Switzerland - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) holds talks with Lakhdar Brahimi, the United Nations and League of Arab States joint special representative for Syria, in Montreux, Switzerland, on Jan. 21, 2014.

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Brahimi in China

BEIJING, China - Lakhdar Brahimi (L), the U.N.-Arab League peace envoy on Syria, and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi shake hands before their meeting in Beijing on Oct. 31, 2012. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Brahimi in China

BEIJING, China - Lakhdar Brahimi (L), the U.N.-Arab League peace envoy on Syria, and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi meet in Beijing on Oct. 31, 2012. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Afghan national assembly convenes June 10

KABUL, Afghanistan - Ismail Qasemyar (R), chairman of the Loya Jirga Commission, and Lakhdar Brahimi, U.N. special envoy, attend a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 8, two days ahead of the convocation of Afghanistan's emergency national assembly. The assembly is aimed at choosing a new transitional government to lead the nation until a fully representative government can be chosen through general elections within two years.

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UN envoy calls for generous Afghan aid

TOKYO, Japan - United Nations special representative for Afghanistan Lakhdar Brahimi speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Jan. 20. He called on the international community to give generous funding during the upcoming conference on reconstruction aid to Afghanistan beginning in Tokyo on Jan. 21.

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Ogata meets with Brahimi in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Japan's special envoy on Afghan affairs Sadako Ogata (R) shakes hands with U.N. special envoy for Afghanistan Lakhdar Brahimi in Kabul on Jan. 9 before their talks on Afghan's reconstruction. Ogata, former U.N. high commissioner for refugees, is in Afghanistan on a fact-finding mission aimed at laying the ground for a forum on Afghanistan's reconstruction to be held in Tokyo on Jan. 21-22.

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U.N., in policy shift, eyes 'small authority' in Kabul

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. special Afghanistan envoy Lakhdar Brahimi speaks to reporters at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 20 about the process of the formation of a post-Taliban government in Afghanistan.

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Japanese may be appointed aide to U.N. Afghan envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Japan and the United Nations are making final arrangements to appoint Hiroshi Takahashi (file photo), a Japanese diplomat, to support the U.N. special representative to Afghanistan Lakhdar Brahimi, Japanese government sources said Nov. 4. Takahashi, currently a U.N. senior political affairs officer stationed in Tajikistan, is likely to be sent to the Islamabad-based U.N. Special Mission to Afghanistan at the request of Brahimi, the sources said.

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Jordan prince 'under house arrest' amid security crackdown

Files- King Abdallah II of Jordan offers a traditional bedouin lunch (or -Mansaf-) for the wedding of his brother Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein to Algerian-French TV reporter Rym Brahimi, daughter of the UN special envoy to Afganistan and Iraq, Lakhdar Brahimi, on 5th September 2004 in Amman. Prince Ali and his wife Princess Rym, decided last week to cancel a major wedding reception and give the money to needy families. Pictured : Prince Ali and his two brothers Crown Prince Hamzah and Prince Hashem. Photo by Allan/Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Balkis Press/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Japanese may be appointed aide to U.N. Afghan envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Japan and the United Nations are making final arrangements to appoint Hiroshi Takahashi (file photo), a Japanese diplomat, to support the U.N. special representative to Afghanistan Lakhdar Brahimi, Japanese government sources said Nov. 4. Takahashi, currently a U.N. senior political affairs officer stationed in Tajikistan, is likely to be sent to the Islamabad-based U.N. Special Mission to Afghanistan at the request of Brahimi, the sources said.

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U.N., in policy shift, eyes 'small authority' in Kabul

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. special Afghanistan envoy Lakhdar Brahimi speaks to reporters at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 20 about the process of the formation of a post-Taliban government in Afghanistan.

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UN envoy calls for generous Afghan aid

TOKYO, Japan - United Nations special representative for Afghanistan Lakhdar Brahimi speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Jan. 20. He called on the international community to give generous funding during the upcoming conference on reconstruction aid to Afghanistan beginning in Tokyo on Jan. 21.

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Ogata meets with Brahimi in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Japan's special envoy on Afghan affairs Sadako Ogata (R) shakes hands with U.N. special envoy for Afghanistan Lakhdar Brahimi in Kabul on Jan. 9 before their talks on Afghan's reconstruction. Ogata, former U.N. high commissioner for refugees, is in Afghanistan on a fact-finding mission aimed at laying the ground for a forum on Afghanistan's reconstruction to be held in Tokyo on Jan. 21-22.

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Afghan national assembly convenes June 10

KABUL, Afghanistan - Ismail Qasemyar (R), chairman of the Loya Jirga Commission, and Lakhdar Brahimi, U.N. special envoy, attend a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 8, two days ahead of the convocation of Afghanistan's emergency national assembly. The assembly is aimed at choosing a new transitional government to lead the nation until a fully representative government can be chosen through general elections within two years.

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Brahimi in China

BEIJING, China - Lakhdar Brahimi (L), the U.N.-Arab League peace envoy on Syria, and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi meet in Beijing on Oct. 31, 2012. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)