Allow me to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the
presidency of the Council for the month of October. I also wish to express our appreciation for the convening of today’s important meeting. We are grateful to Mr. Tom Koenigs, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, fo…
At the outset, my delegation would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session. We wish you every success in your important task.
Afghanistan strongly believes in the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Member …
As this is the first time that I take the floor during this month, I would like to begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of May. We commend you and your delegation for the excellent manner in which you have led the work of the C…
Mr. President, I should like to begin by congratulating you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of March and by expressing my delegation’s appreciation for your having convened today’s meeting on the situation in Afghanistan.
My delegation would also like to thank Mr. …
At the outset I wish to congratulate you, Sir, upon your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of December. I also wish to pay tribute to your predecessor, Ambassador Voto-Bernales of Peru for the able manner in which he led the work of the Council during the month of No…
Every year the General Assembly convenes to consider the annual draft resolution entitled “The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security”.
We express our appreciation to the Secretary- General for his report of 11 September 2006 on the situation in Afghanist…
At the outset, I should like to congratulate, you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March. I very much appreciate your personal knowledge of the Afghan situation. I also wish to pay tribute to Ambassador John Bolton of the United States, yo…
We have gathered here today, one week prior to the fourth anniversary of the signing of the Bonn Agreement, on 5 December 2001. It is high time to evaluate the developments that have transpired in Afghanistan over the past four years and to assess the remaining challenges ahead of us.
Just two mont…
I have the honour to inform the members of the General Assembly of the successful conclusion of the parliamentary and provincial elections that took place in my country two days ago. As stated by President Karzai, “the holding of these elections was a major success for the people of Afghanistan and …
At the outset, allow me, on behalf of the Government and the people of Afghanistan, to express my heartfelt condolences to the Government and the people of the United States of America in connection with the tragic loss of life and the widespread destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina.
It is a gre…
Let me begin by extending our condolences to the people and the Government of Spain and the bereaved families of the 17 Spanish soldiers who lost their lives as a result of a tragic helicopter crash in the western province of Herat, Afghanistan, on 16 August 2005. I also extend my condolences to the…
Let me begin by mentioning the major event that took place yesterday,
7 December 2004: a historic day for the people of Afghanistan. The first democratically elected President of Afghanistan, Mr. Hâmid Karzai, was sworn in as President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. That outstanding and me…
Allow me, Mr. President, to express to you our deep sorrow and sympathy in relation to the two tragic airline accidents that took place yesterday in Russia. Through you, we convey our condolences to the Russian Government, to the Russian people and to the families of the victims.
Allow me also to p…
I would like to begin, Mr. President, by expressing my appreciation to you for convening this important meeting on Afghanistan. I would also like to thank Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, and you, Mr. President, for your comprehensive briefings on the out…
I would like to express our gratitude to you, Sir, for convening this open meeting. Your great experience and knowledge about Afghanistan and the Afghanistan problem will be very helpful in guiding this meeting and also for the drafting and approval of the Presidential statement to be delivered at t…
I am very grateful to Mr. Guéhenno, Ambassador Nishimura and Mr. Braun, who have given briefings that have elicited many very relevant questions about Afghanistan, even though some of these questions have already been answered to some extent. I, too, look forward to the answers that will be given.
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I would like to express our gratitude to Mr. Jan Kavan, President of the General Assembly, for having convened on 18 November 2002 an open-ended panel of the General Assembly entitled “Afghanistan: One Year Later”. The outcome of the debate in that panel contributed positively to the formulation of …
At the outset, Mr. President, I would like to congratulate you for successfully conducting the presidency of the Security Council during the month of July. I express special gratitude for holding this open meeting on the situation in Afghanistan. I am certain the proceedings of the Council will be h…
Mr. President, I am thankful to you for presiding once again over a meeting dedicated to Afghanistan. We appreciate the report of the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Prendergast. His report enables me to shorten my statement.
Approximately six months have passed since the Afghan …
I am delighted to be here today in an institution devoted to peace. I congratulate the United Nations for standing behind its mandate of supporting global stability by rising to the responsibility of supporting the peace process in Afghanistan. That commitment by the United Nations and its Member St…
