I thank you, Madam President, for your able leadership of the Council this month. My thanks also go to our friend Special Representative Ján Kubiš for his briefing and for his skilful leadership of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). We convey our gratitude to Australia and…
I am pleased to see you preside over the Security Council this month, Madam President. I would also like to thank you for convening this important debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
I also express my thanks to Ms. Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs …
I would like to thank you, Sir, for your leadership of the Council for the month of December. I take this moment also to welcome the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan (S/2013/721) and to thank our dear friend, Special Representative Kubiš, for his presence today and his…
We come together today to adopt this year’s draft resolution on the situation in Afghanistan (A/68/L.11). I thank all Member States that participated in a spirit of cooperation for their support for the efforts of the Afghan Government and their solidarity with the Afghan people in their struggle to…
I bring to all warm greetings and the good wishes of the Afghan people. I have the honour to address the General Assembly in the last year of the current elected Government of Afghanistan. I therefore think that it is useful briefly to revisit the story of Afghanistan over the past 12 years, our his…
I would like to offer you, Sir, my sincere congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. We are very grateful for the role Australia is playing as the penholder on Afghanistan under your leadership and for its capable work in the Security Council. I thank my goo…
Let me begin by first congratulating you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of June. I thank you for holding today’s debate on Afghanistan. I welcome the presence of my good friend, Special Representative Kubiš, among us here today. We thank him for his comprehens…
I would like to start by congratulating you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April. We wish you every success in leading the work of the Council during your presidency and thank your delegation for convening today’s debate on an issue of c…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s important meeting, which includes the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) mandate. I also wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency for the month of March.
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First, let me congratulate you and your delegation, Sir, on the assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for December. My delegation assures you of our full support as you steer the activities of the Council to a successful conclusion. We are also thankful to our good friend Ambassador S…
As this is my first statement before the Council this month, allow me to begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, on your
assumption of this month’s presidency of the Council. I would also like to welcome your focus in this debate on the specific role played by women’s civil society organization…
It is an honour to be here today to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. Today we will adopt a draft resolution (A/67/L.16) that reaffirms the Assembly’s commitment to Afghanistan’s peace, stability and prosperity.
I wish to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to all representatives w…
Afghanistan welcomes today’s high-level meeting, which is a manifestation of our shared conviction that strengthening the rule of law, nationally and internationally, is to our mutual benefit.
Over the course of the past six decades, the United Nations has made great progress in securing peace, saf…
It is truly a pleasure to be among the members of the Security Council today at this critical juncture on Afghanistan’s path to peace and prosperity. I congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of September, and convey our appreciation for Germany’s con…
I would like to begin by expressing my delegation’s appreciation for the third review of the implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. We commend the immaculate manner in which Ambassador Rishchynski of Canada and his team at the Canadian Mission led the review process.…
Thank you very much, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting. We commend your able leadership of the Council this month. We also thank the Secretary-General for his report on Afghanistan (S/2012/462) and welcome the presence and insights of Under-Secretary-General Ladsous and Executive D…
Allow me to begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would also like to express a warm welcome to our good friend Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ján Kubiš, who today spoke for the first time in the Sec…
It has been a true honour to be part of today’s discussion and to listen to
the friends and partners of Afghanistan. I am grateful to the Security Council for keeping Afghanistan on its radar and for including it on the agenda for this very substantive discussion. I hope that this will continue. I …
It is an honour to have the opportunity to address the Security Council of the United Nations for the first time. I convey the gratitude of the Afghan people to all Council members, and the countries they represent, for their commitment to a peaceful Afghanistan, and for maintaining a focus on the e…
Once more in this Hall, we are discussing the situation in Afghanistan: the cycle of suffering, the immensity of new challenges and, certainly, the progress we have made thus far. For the past decade, the world has been extensively engaged in Afghanistan and in our ongoing struggle for peace and sta…
