Doha, 31 March 2022 As delivered Many thanks Melissa. Thank you very much for this opportunity. And thank you, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, and of course Secretary-General. Thank you all for...
A warm welcome to everyone in this meeting. Excellencies, partners, friends, ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for joining us for a very important moment of profound consequence today in this...
Thank you Dominique, thank you Filippo, and thank you all for your statements today, which are very encouraging. They are very encouraging for a number of reasons, because I think what we are hearing...
I welcome today’s adoption by the Security Council of a humanitarian exception in the UN sanctions regime applicable in Afghanistan. This milestone decision will enable urgently needed humanitarian...
As prepared for delivery Mr. Prime Minister, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Afghanistan’s economy is now in free fall, and if we don’t act decisively and with compassion, I fear this fall will...
I am releasing US$45 million in life-saving support from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund to help prevent Afghanistan’s health-care system from collapse. Medicines, medical supplies and fuel...
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, here and virtually, thank you. I think in gathering here today we have demonstrated the solidarity that is needed with the people of Afghanistan and our...
Geneva, 13 September 2021 As delivered Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, Last week, as the Secretary-General has already mentioned, I travelled to Afghanistan. I met with the de facto authorities,...
Monday, 9 August 2021 I am extremely concerned by the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan where more than 1,000 people have been killed or injured due to indiscriminate attacks against civilians...
Statement on Afghanistan (New York, 3 October 2015): I condemn the bombing overnight in Kunduz, Afghanistan that resulted in the death and injury of medical workers and patients at a Médecins Sans...
New York, Tuesday 15 May 2012 Checked against delivery I have just completed a three day visit to Afghanistan – my first to the country. I wanted to see for myself the level and severity of...
Good morning. This is my first visit to Afghanistan. I wanted to see for myself the level and severity of needs that exist in Afghanistan today and to remind everyone that there are ongoing...