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Miss Geette Gagnel urges council to back UNAMA engagement, warns Afghanistan's isolation risks regional instability
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Miss Geette Gagnel briefed the council on Afghanistan, urging support for UNAMA's political engagement and immediate humanitarian access. She warned that Afghanistan’s estrangement from the international system—compounded by border conflict, restrictions on women and low humanitarian funding—risks wider regional instability.
Miss Geette Gagnel addressed the council during consideration of agenda item two, urging member states to support the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and warning that Afghanistan's continued isolation is amplifying humanitarian and security risks.
"Afghanistan's continued alienation from the international system remains the central issue," Gagnel said, adding that isolation prevents progress on economic self‑sufficiency, security cooperation, counterterrorism and human rights.
She described UNAMA's political engagement through the Doha process, saying it aims to create conditions for reintegration while keeping the rights and aspirations of the Afghan people "front and center." Gagnel referenced the November 2023 independent assessment that recommended advancing a political pathway and said the mission has maintained channels for…
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