NEW YORK, seventeenth March, 2023 (WAM) — Today, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted two resolutions regarding the scenario in Afghanistan tabled by the UAE and Japan.
The first decision will prolong the strong mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for an extra 12 months, enabling it to proceed its work on selling human rights, engagement with all Afghan stakeholders, and coordination of humanitarian help. The second decision requests that an unbiased evaluation be carried out concerning the worldwide strategy to Afghanistan.
Following each votes, and on behalf of the UAE and Japan, Ambassador Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, UAE’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, highlighted the crucial significance of the resolutions. “At a time when the Afghan people are facing a set of profoundly difficult challenges, the Council has responded with a strong and unified message of unwavering support – Afghanistan, and in particular its women and its girls, will not be abandoned,” Ambassador Nusseibeh stated.
In their capacities as co-penholders on the Afghanistan file, the UAE and Japan facilitated negotiations on the Council merchandise. The co-penholders expressed deep appreciation for the constructive and useful engagement of Security Council Members. “We are grateful for the spirit of cooperation and the sense of responsibility demonstrated throughout the negotiation process, and we believe it will continue to be necessary if we are to live up to our commitment to Afghanistan and to its people,” Ambassador Nusseibeh stated on behalf of each nations. “The work truly begins now.”
Following the adoptions, the UAE and Japan additionally collectively convened a media stakeout with the UN press corps, throughout which Ambassador Nusseibeh and Ambassador Ishikane Kimihiro of Japan highlighted that the established order in Afghanistan is just not sustainable. “By requesting this independent assessment, the Council is taking a careful and measured response to a difficult crisis with outside expertise and fresh thinking and essentially saying that a business-as-usual approach is not sufficient for Afghanistan.”