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…
War-stricken Afghanistan is the country most afflicted by dense landmine contamination.
Armed conflict in Afghanistan is not over. However, landmines will continue to take their toll in maimings and deaths long after the days of armed conflict. This, unfortunately, is the plight of all heavily mine…
May I begin by expressing my sincere thanks to the German delegation for its efforts to coordinate the work of preparing the draft resolution before us today on Afghanistan.
We are also grateful to the other sponsors of the draft resolution and wish to express our thanks to all those countries that…
I am grateful to you, Sir, and to all those present at this meeting of the General Assembly, which is dedicated to the memory of the Afghan statesman and diplomat, Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai. The Permanent Mission of the Islamic State of Afghanistan highly appreciates the kind words of sympathy that hav…
The Afghan delegation deeply appreciates your decision, Mr. President, and that of the other members of the Council to convene this meeting.
Someone who was there — the Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon — has lodged a protest with the head of the liaison unit of the Israeli D…
The delegation of Afghanistan expresses its support for the Maltese proposal. My delegation pays tribute to Mr. Guido de Marco for his proposal made during his presidency of the forty-fifth session of the General Assembly, in 1990. We are also grateful to Ambassador Joseph Cassar of Malta for his us…
Before the General Assembly takes action on draft resolution A/49/L.8/Rev.1, I should like briefly to explain why my delegation has agreed to withdraw the amendments contained in document A/49/L.12, dated 25 October 1994.
The negotiations on the draft resolution — the first version of which was sub…
In order to indicate my delegation’s position, I shall read out the following message that was communicated to the Secretary-General and signed by the
“On the occasion of the Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people, I should like to express the best wishes of the Islamic State of Afghanistan …
One year after the General Assembly’s last debate on this question, we find ourselves discussing the same problem. It is a problem of extreme seriousness for the world. If one were to compare what is happening this year to what happened last year, one might say that the situation has not improved.
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My delegation does not find it necessary to emphasize the disastrous effects of land-mines, which threaten the present generation of humanity, as well as the generations that will follow, in so many parts of the world. We are very grateful to the delegation of Germany, which, in cooperation with oth…
Once again, since I am, I believe, the last speaker in this part of our debate, I should like to pay a tribute to you, Sir, and to the very wise and skilful way in which you have been conducting the work of the Council over the past month. Our appreciation goes also to your predecessor, Ambassador V…
I should like first to express my congratulations to you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. Your great skill, which is beyond question, will serve you well in conducting the work of the Council. I should also like to congratulate Ambassador Mérimée, Permanent Representativ…
As the first speaker as you begin your presidency of the Security Council on this first day of March, I should also like, Sir, to be the first to congratulate you. The Council now has to decide on some most serious and complex issues, and we have every confidence in your abilities as an experienced …
The delegation of Afghanistan is a co-sponsor of the draft resolution on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina now being debated by the General Assembly.
In earlier stages of the grievous and deplorable Bosnian tragedy, the Afghanistan delegation took part in the debates of the Security Council a…
For 46 years, the Assembly has been discussing the question of the Middle East. That period makes up a large part of the twentieth century, and thus of the life of this Organization and of our own lives and careers and those of many others. I remember that I myself, 26 years ago in the Assembly and …
I wish first of all to convey the gratitude of my delegation to the representative of Belgium and to the initial sponsors of draft resolution A/48/L.5, that is the countries members of the European Community, which have themselves assisted many countries in mine-clearance operations.
Afghanistan ha…
