UNSC to Hold Meeting on Afghanistan This Month

The United Nations Security Council has stated that the head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) will present a quarterly report on the situation in Afghanistan at a meeting of the Security Council scheduled for December 12.

Additionally, the Chair of the Afghanistan Sanctions Committee and an official from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) are expected to provide further explanations about the situation in Afghanistan to the Security Council members during the meeting.

According to the UN Security Council report: “In December, the Security Council will convene for its quarterly open briefing on Afghanistan. Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Roza Otunbayeva; Ambassador Andrés Montalvo Sosa (Ecuador) in his capacity as the chair of the 1988 Afghanistan Sanctions Committee; an official from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA); and a representative of civil society are expected to brief.”

This will be the fourth Security Council meeting on Afghanistan in 2024.

Although the Islamic Emirate has not yet commented on the December 12 Security Council meeting, it had previously asked UNAMA to consider the realities of Afghanistan in its reports on the country’s situation.

“These Security Council sessions on Afghanistan are regular meetings that occur routinely. The new report will have the same content and format as previous reports, and no joint decisions or resolutions will be made about Afghanistan,” said Fazl Rahman Orya, a political analyst.

“There is no doubt that the Islamic Emirate has made achievements over the past three years, but it also has shortcomings that must be acknowledged. The Islamic Emirate should work to eliminate the negative points raised by the UN Security Council in its reports,” said Salim Paigir, another political analyst.

Earlier, in the September Security Council meeting, Roza Otunbayeva, head of UNAMA, said that international restrictions have made governance difficult in Afghanistan and isolated the country from the global community.