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26 Jan 2022

13 Jan 2022

Secretary-General’s press encounter on Afghanistan

SRSG Lyons briefing to the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan

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

26 Jan 2022

Live and on-demand webcast of UN Security Council session on Afghanistan

KABUL - The UN Security Council session on the situation in Afghanistan is scheduled to take place at 10:00, Wednesday 26 January in New York (19:30 Kabul local time) and can be followed live at

25 Jan 2022

SRSG Lyons statement at Afghanistan Economic Conference

KABUL - Statement by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ms. Deborah Lyons

23 Jan 2022

SRSG Lyons briefing to the UNSC on the situation in Afghanistan

Briefing to the United Nations Security Council

17 Nov 2021

Live and on-demand webcast of UN Security Council session on Afghanistan

KABUL - The UN Security Council session on the situation in Afghanistan is scheduled to take place at 15:00 New York local time, Wednesday 17 November (00:30 Kabul local time, Thursday 18 November) and can be followed at

16 Nov 2021

UN Security Council renews UNAMA’s mandate

The Security Council met today, 17 September, in New York and voted unanimously to pass resolution S/RES/2596 (2021) renewing UNAMA’s mandate for six months until 17 March 2022.

17 Sep 2021

SRSG Lyons briefing to the UNSC on the situation in Afghanistan

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

09 Sep 2021

Live and on-demand webcast of UN Security Council session on latest Afghanistan report

KABUL- The UN Security Council session on the Secretary-General’s latest Report on Afghanistan is scheduled to take place today, Thursday 9 September, at 15:00 New York local time (23:30 Kabul l

09 Sep 2021