Security Council Meets on Situation in Afghanistan

José Javier De la Gasca LopezDomínguez, Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of December, chairs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan.

The Security Council adopted resolution 2721 (2023) on the independent assessment on Afghanistan. The resolution further stresses the critical importance of a continued presence of the United
Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and other United Nations Agencies, Funds and Programmes across Afghanistan. The resolution was adopted with 13 votes in favour, none against and two abstentions (People's Republic of China, Russian Federation).