On behalf of the Interim Administration of Afghanistan, I would like to express profound gratitude to Secretary-General Kofi Annan for his recent appeal for emergency humanitarian assistance for the victims of the tragic earthquake in northern Afghanistan on the night of 25- 26 March 2002.
The eart…
I am privileged to address the Council on behalf of the people of Afghanistan.
Having experienced the ravages of war for 23 years and having been taken hostage by a group of terrorists, we are once again free to determine our destiny. We will strive to build a Government that responds to the wishes…
I am pleased to see you, Sir, preside over a meeting on Afghanistan at this historic time. I am thankful to the Government of Germany for having hosted the Bonn meeting, which brought about so many changes in Afghanistan.
I should also like to thank Ambassador Kastrup and his colleagues, who worked…
At the outset, on behalf of the Government of the Islamic State of Afghanistan, and on my own behalf, I wish to express my profound condolences to the Government of the United States of America and the American nation, as well as the families that lost their loved ones in the unfortunate crash of Am…
The recent dramatic and terrible events started in the United States at about 9 a.m. on 11 September. However, just two days earlier, on 9 September, oceans away in Afghanistan, two terrorists of Arab origin, posing as journalists, assassinated the greatest military leader of free Afghanistan, Comma…
I should like first of all to congratulate you warmly, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for June 2001. We are also grateful to the head of the Mission of the United States to the United Nations for presiding over the Council for the month of May. We are als…
Over the years, we have heard of Taliban barbarism against living beings, such as acts of summary execution; ethnic cleansing; gender apartheid; the forced deportation of hundreds of thousands of innocent people; the separation of women from their menfolk; the torching and levelling of houses; and t…
Since the General Assembly last considered the situation in Afghanistan on 17 December 1999 and adopted resolution 54/189, the direct involvement of Pakistani military personnel and non-Afghan combatants in the current conflict in Afghanistan has escalated considerably.
The international community …
First of all, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of December 2000. May I also congratulate your predecessor on the skill with which he presided over the Council last month.
In resolution 1267 (1999) of 15 October 1…
Speaking on behalf of the delegation of the Islamic State of Afghanistan, I would like to make some observations concerning agenda item 41, “Question of Palestine”.
Thirty-three years have now elapsed since the Security Council adopted resolution 242 (1967), which calls upon Israel to put an end to…
Last February, a conference of paramount importance was held in Rome on this issue, “Bethlehem 2000”, attended by eminent Catholic, Orthodox, Muslim and Protestant personalities, including representatives of the Coptic and Ethiopian churches. The commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ last year …
On my way to the Assembly Hall, I was informed by the Supreme State Council of the Islamic State of Afghanistan that in a self-evident act of aggression hundreds of Pakistani military personnel — army, plain-clothes personnel and armed Taliban — are reported to have been positioned in the Shah Salim…
Habib Bourguiba was a leader of his country and his people, to whom we express our fraternal condolences. Moreover, he was a leader in Asia and Africa. I have personally been a witness to that fact. May God bestow on him His immense charity and kindness.
We are happy you are here, Mr. President, pr…
In discussing the draft resolution now before us, my delegation would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report of 16 November 1999 on the situation in Afghanistan (A/54/536). The report for the first time takes a new approach to determining, inter alia, the extent of foreign …
Allow me to join the speakers preceding me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as the President of the General Assembly at this session, the last of the present century. You surely are well versed in this high office through your experience with the United Nations, which will make of the cent…
Mr. President, may I express our pleasure on seeing you chair this meeting and congratulate your country for the services it is rendering to the international community.
And may I at the outset seize the moment to express my delegation’s heartfelt gratitude for your timely calling of this crucial d…
It is difficult to say something that has not already been said in the course of this commemoration, but I shall say a few words about my own country, Afghanistan, and human rights. Afghanistan is an Islamic country. As Muslims, we believe in the divine word; as
It is in this spirit that the Afghan…
Last year, the General Assembly adopted resolution 52/211 by consensus, and the people of Afghanistan once again placed their hopes in the United Nations to finally broker a negotiation process that would lead to peace and security. Unfortunately, the hegemonic policy of Pakistan, by patronizing the…
The celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ will be important not only for Christians, but also for all
The Islamic nations, including Afghanistan, have deep respect for this occasion, which commemorates an event blessed by God the Creator. That is the teaching of the Holy Koran, whose sura 19 is …
The urgency of the alarming situation in Afghanistan, particularly given the events of the past few months, requires me to explain why and how that situation continues to pose major threats to the peace and security of the world.
There is an evil triangle that is haunting our region. This evil tria…
