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NEW YORK - Ladies and gentlemen of the media, good morning. Allow me a few words on the nightmare unfolding in Afghanistan. We are in a race against time to help the Afghan people. Just two days ago, the United Nations…

KABUL - Statement by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ms. Deborah Lyons Afghanistan Economic Conference – A New Beginning, 19 January 2022 Excellencies, I congratulate you for the initiative of…

Mr. President, Excellencies, Six months after the takeover by the Taliban, Afghanistan is hanging by a thread. For Afghans, daily life has become a frozen hell. They’re in the grips of another brutal winter of blistering wind…

NEW YORK - The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, today briefed the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan. Read the Security Council briefing by SRSG Lyons Read the Security…

NEW YORK - The latest quarterly report by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the situation in Afghanistan and the activities of the United Nations in the country is now available. Read the full report by the Secretary…

KABUL - The UN Security Council session on the situation in Afghanistan is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 2 March, 10.00 New York time (19:30 Kabul local time) and can be followed live at http://webtv.un.org The…

Briefing to the United Nations Security Council by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ms. Deborah Lyons New York , 2 March 2022 [as delivered] * * * Madame President, The United Nations and…

KABUL - On International Women’s Day, the United Nations in Afghanistan stands by Afghan women and girls as they face the consequences of multiple crises, combined with entrenched gender inequality and discrimination, with…

NEW YORK - The mandate of the UN Special Political Mission was today extended for a further 12 months. Read Security Council Resolution 2626 (2022).

NEW YORK - I deeply regret today’s announcement by Taliban authorities in Afghanistan that girls’ education from the sixth grade has been suspended until further notice.   The start of the new school year has been anticipated…