I want to thank the Vietnamese presidency for organizing this meeting on such an important topic, namely, upholding the Charter of the United Nations to maintain international peace and security.
We believe this to be a timely meeting, considering that we are on the eve of the seventy-fifth anniver…
I would like to first congratulate you, Madam President, on your competent leadership during your country’s presidency of the Security Council for the month of December. I also thank you for organizing today’s briefing. The United States has been a strategic partner of the Afghan people in our quest…
Allow me to extend my thanks to the organizers of this comprehensive high-level mid-term review. I also wish to thank the High Representative and her team for their continued efforts and follow-up for the effective implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries …
I take the floor in the exercise of the right to reply in response to the comments that the Russian delegation made earlier regarding the peace talks.
I would like to highlight that we have done our utmost to compromise in order to incorporate the key suggestions proposed by our respective Russian …
I take the floor on a point of order.
It is very unfortunate that, for the second year and despite concerted efforts and flexibility by many countries, the draft resolution (A/74/L.13) did not achieve consensus and a recorded vote has been requested. However, Afghanistan still strongly believes tha…
I would like to thank you, Sir, for convening today’s meeting as we adopt this year’s draft resolution on the situation in Afghanistan (A/74/L.13).
Allow me to express my gratitude to the German Mission as a long-time facilitator of this very important draft resolution for Afghanistan. I thank in p…
Let me begin by thanking the General Assembly for holding this very important high-level meeting on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Child, which coincides with World Children’s Day. As has been said, it is truly timely to demand action and…
Afghanistan aligns itself with the statement delivered earlier by the representative of Algeria on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries.
At the outset, I would like to sincerely congratulate the co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assemb…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this meeting today on a very important topic under the auspices of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session,
namely, to discuss the important matter of accelerating the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. …
It is an honour for me to and stand at this prestigious rostrum today to represent my fellow countrywomen and men and address distinguished colleagues and partners in the General Assembly.
I am even more proud today because just two days ago, approximately 3 million Afghans, facing the threat of te…
We thank the Security Council for adopting resolution 2489 (2019), extending the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan for 12 months. It signifies the Council’s support for Afghanistan at a time when the people of Afghanistan are entering a new and crucially important phase…
Allow me to begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, and your delegation on assuming the presidency of the Council for the
month of September. We thank you for holding today’s meeting on the situation in Afghanistan. This meeting comes at a crucially important time as we prepare for our presiden…
Before delivering my brief statement, I would like to highlight a couple of points because we are cited in the report of the Secretary-General (S/2019/509).
At the national level, in the ongoing armed conflict in Afghanistan, children are the primary victims. The Taliban and illegal armed groups us…
At the outset, I would like to highlight three very important main issues that I have been raised during the course of the meeting today.
First of all, let me thank all members of the Council for condemning the terrorist attacks that took place yesterday. That reflects the Council’s unanimous suppo…
On behalf of Afghanistan and all the other sponsors, under sub-item (b) of agenda item 74, I am pleased to introduce for action by the General Assembly the draft resolution entitled “Enhancement of international cooperation to assist victims of terrorism”.
Allow me to convey our sincere gratitude t…
Let me begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, as the representative of the brotherly nation of the State of Kuwait, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of June. We are pleased that Ambassador
Yamamoto is here with us today and would like to thank him for …
At the outset, we wish to commend the Indonesian presidency for holding today’s debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
Twenty years have passed since the inclusion of the protection of civilians focus in the agenda of the Security Council, yet millions of peoples across the world …
I am pleased to address this high-level meeting on strengthening multilateralism and diplomacy for peace, which is the foundation of the United Nations, was an extremely important discussion in the aftermath of the Second World War and is even more vital for our world today. A renewed focus on stren…
I would like to thank the German presidency for holding today’s meeting on conflict-related sexual violence. It reflects the Council’s focus, and we hope that today’s discussions will reinforce the efforts of all States to enhance progress on the protection of women.
The Government of Afghanistan i…
We thank you, Madam President, and your colleagues for taking the initiative, under the French presidency, to organize this important meeting on countering the financing of terrorism. Enhancing progress on preventing and combating the financing of terrorism will limit and weaken terrorists in contin…
