9 Oct 2012

AFGHANISTAN / KUBIS PRESSER

On the day that the Security Council voted to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan the head of the UN mission in that country (UNAMA) told a press Conference in Kabul today (9 October) that the UN partnership with that country "will last after 2014." UNAMA

Posted at: October 9, 2012 5:06 pm

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STORY: AFGHANISTAN / KUBIS PRESSER
TRT: 2.38
SOURCE: UNAMA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 9 OCTOBER 2012, NEW YORK / 09 OCTOBER 2012, KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

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FILE – 2011, UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters

9 OCTOBER 2012, UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS

1. Pan right, Security Council Members voting on the extension of UNAMA's mandate

09 OCTOBER 2012, KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

2. Wide shot, Kubis taking his seat at the press conference
3. Wide shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jan Kubis, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, UNAMA:
"The partnership between the international community and Afghanistan is strengthened and reinvigorated. This partnership is not only for this coming period of transition but will last after 2014. The best examples and confirmations of this partnership is come from Chicago Summit of NATO, Tokyo Conference, the Kabul Conference of the neighbouring countries, Heart of Asia countries and through different bilateral commitments to Afghanistan that are not only confirming very often the level of official development assistance but many countries including during the session of the Security Council confirmed their willingness to increase development assistance in the years to come for Afghanistan."
5. Cutaway, journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jan Kubis, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, UNAMA:
"the main message was the message of hope, and expectations that Afghanistan will fair through this together and supported by the international community and will be able as a sovereign country after 2014 to built its own future in cooperation with the countries of the region and being supported by the members of the international community and by the United Nations as such."
7. Cutaway, journalists
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Jan Kubis, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, UNAMA:
"I believe this is something that should be remembered and noted very clearly because there are many speculations unfortunately that this commitment is not there. I would like to confirm that the commitment is there and it is very strong."
9. Cutaway, journalists
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Jan Kubis, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, UNAMA:
"We as the United Nations are already thinking about how to better engage, how to better serve Afghanistan in the post 2014 period and we have started our internal discussions and deliberations. Again another signal that we are with Afghanistan and will remain with Afghanistan as the United Nations."
11. Wide shot, Press Conference

STORYLINE:

Following a recent visit to New York to address the United Nations Security Council on Afghanistan, Jan Kubis said that many countries, "confirmed their willingness to increase development assistance in the years to come for Afghanistan".

According to media reports, on Monday (8 October) both the International Red Cross Mission in Afghanistan and the Brussels-based International Crisis Group said that Afghanistan was far from ready to assume responsibility for security when United States and NATO forces withdraw in 2014, and that people were in greater danger today than 7 years ago.

Kubis told journalists that the main message, from his meeting with Council members, "was the message of hope, and expectations that Afghanistan will fair through this together and supported by the international community and will be able as a sovereign country after 2014".

Recalling how Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated President Karzai and the people of Afghanistan on the clear and strong message of the international community of its commitment to Afghanistan, Kubis said that he believed that was "something that should be remembered and noted very clearly because there are many speculations unfortunately that this commitment is not there".

And while the UN Secretariat, UN agencies as well as funds and programs all confirmed their commitment to Afghanistan, Kubis said that "we as the United Nations are already thinking about how to better engage, how to better serve Afghanistan in the post 2014 period and we have started our internal discussions and deliberations".

Filed under AFGHANISTAN UNAMA - United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.