It was 70 years ago, two days from today, that Afghanistan’s flag was raised on the grounds of the United Nations as its fifty- second Member. Today, I am pleased to stand before the Assembly on behalf of a great nation with the world’s support behind us for the unanimous adoption of draft resolutio…
I just want to make two brief points.
First, on behalf of my Government, I wish to officially thank the Security Council for adopting the very timely presidential statement S/PRST/2016/14, expressing its unanimous support. Secondly, let me thank the Foreign Minister of New Zealand, His Excellency M…
At the outset, let me congratulate New Zealand for its successful leadership of the Security Council this month. We express our gratitude to the Secretary-General for his recent report (S/2016/768) on the situation in my country. We welcome Ambassador Tadamichi Yamamoto as the new Special Representa…
I would like to congratulate the President for the very able way he has been leading the work of the Security Council this month.
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I express my gratitude to the Secretary-General for his recent report (S/2016/532) on the situation in my country. I would also like to thank my frie…
I congratulate Angola on its successful leadership of the Security Council this month. I would like to take this opportunity to
thank Mr. Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), for his briefing and f…
I would like to thank the United States for its leadership of the Council this month and for organizing this very important debate. I take this opportunity to thank the Secretary- General for his recent report on the situation in Afghanistan (S/2015/942). I would like to extend my sincere appreciati…
At the outset, I would like to thank all Member States for their unanimous support for the draft resolution entitled “The situation in Afghanistan” (A/70/L.23). We are particularly grateful to Ambassador Harald Braun of Germany and his team for their hard work as penholder and their generous facilit…
At the outset, let me thank you, Mr. President, for hosting this timely formal meeting on the very important issue of migrant crisis in the Mediterranean basin. Afghan nationals who are associated with the refugee crisis today can be divided into four categories: first, those who have recently arriv…
