United Nations: United Nations Credentials Committee who would review the Taliban’s communications in which it was nominated Suhail Shaheen As AfghanistanThe ambassador to the United Nations is expected to meet next month General Assembly The president said the strong membership of the entire 193 countries would decide on the matter after the committee presented its findings on who should sit in Kabul’s seat in the world body.
Of the 193-strong General Assembly membership, Myanmar and Afghanistan were the only two countries that did not speak at the recently concluded high-level UNGA week.
“Yes, I am in touch with the (credentials) committee. Sweden is the chairman of the committee. I have informed the committee chairman about the correspondence. Usually, the committee meets in November, brings the report to the General Assembly for adoption in December and I am sure Sweden will maintain the credentialing schedule,” said Abdullah, President of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly. Shahid Said this in his first press conference here on Friday.
Shahid was responding to a question whether he was in touch with members of the credentialing committee on the issue of representation of Myanmar and Afghanistan in the United Nations.
Initially, Afghanistan’s permanent representative, appointed by Ashraf Ghani-sarkar, Ghulam Isakzai, was enlisted to speak for the country on 27 September, the last day of the general debate. However, Isakzai withdrew his participation.
The Taliban have named their spokesman Suhaila in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Shaheen As the Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United Nations and to participate in the high-level 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
After the February 1 coup in Myanmar, its military rulers have said that the country’s ambassador to the United Nations, Kyaw Mo Tun, has been sacked and they want Aung Thurin to replace him.
The matter of who represents the two countries at the United Nations has now gone to the Credit Committee, which is currently headed by Sweden and its members are the US, China, Russia, the Bahamas, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Bhutan and Chile.
Shahid said the credit committee would consider matters on their agenda and they would submit a report to the General Assembly like other committees.
“Of course, as the universal body the General Assembly makes decisions. So it will be 193 countries that will decide,” he said, adding that the committee would review and present its findings and then the entire 193 member states “will have the opportunity to decide. This past has been practiced and it has been done many times.”
Shahid further said that whenever the UN receives “conflicting” credential communications, they are sent to the committee. Sweden, as president, will consult and then a report is expected to be presented to the General Assembly in December.
“So I am waiting for the chair to convene the meeting,” he said, adding that the “final decision” on the credentials would be made by the General Assembly and then the administration would be informed “whatever the General Assembly decides”.
Shahid also specified that apart from the letter from the Taliban last month, no other communication has been received from the group.
On 20 September, on the eve of the start of the high-level United Nations General Debate, the Secretary-General received a communication with the letterhead of the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs” dated 20 September 2021, signed Were. Amir Khan Muttaki” as “Foreign Minister”, requesting him to attend the “76th session of the United Nations General Assembly on 21-27 September, 2021”.
Secretary General’s deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq told PTI that the letter also indicates that as of August 15, 2021, “Mohammed Ashraf Ghani has been ousted and [countries across the world] Will no longer recognize him as the President.”
Ghani, who fled the country after the Taliban took control of Kabul on August 15, appointed Isakzai as Kabul’s envoy to the United Nations in June 2021.
The Taliban’s letter further indicates that the Permanent Representative’s mission has ended and Isakzai no longer represents Afghanistan. The Taliban has named Doha-based spokesman Shaheen as Afghanistan’s new Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
“A new permanent representative, Mohd Suhail Shaheen, is nominated,” according to the Taliban letter.
On 15 September, the Secretary-General also received a communication to the United Nations signed by Isakzai from the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which included the list of Afghanistan’s delegation for the 76th session of the General Assembly. Isakzai was listed as the head of the delegation.
Two communications have been sent by the United Nations Secretariat after consultation with the Office of the President of the General Assembly to the members of the Credit Committee of the 76th session of the General Assembly.
The Committee reports to the Assembly on the credentials of the representatives of the member states of the United Nations. Afghanistan joined the United Nations on 19 November 1946 and Myanmar has been a member of the United Nations since 19 April 1948.
Of the 193-strong General Assembly membership, Myanmar and Afghanistan were the only two countries that did not speak at the recently concluded high-level UNGA week.
“Yes, I am in touch with the (credentials) committee. Sweden is the chairman of the committee. I have informed the committee chairman about the correspondence. Usually, the committee meets in November, brings the report to the General Assembly for adoption in December and I am sure Sweden will maintain the credentialing schedule,” said Abdullah, President of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly. Shahid Said this in his first press conference here on Friday.
Shahid was responding to a question whether he was in touch with members of the credentialing committee on the issue of representation of Myanmar and Afghanistan in the United Nations.
Initially, Afghanistan’s permanent representative, appointed by Ashraf Ghani-sarkar, Ghulam Isakzai, was enlisted to speak for the country on 27 September, the last day of the general debate. However, Isakzai withdrew his participation.
The Taliban have named their spokesman Suhaila in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Shaheen As the Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United Nations and to participate in the high-level 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
After the February 1 coup in Myanmar, its military rulers have said that the country’s ambassador to the United Nations, Kyaw Mo Tun, has been sacked and they want Aung Thurin to replace him.
The matter of who represents the two countries at the United Nations has now gone to the Credit Committee, which is currently headed by Sweden and its members are the US, China, Russia, the Bahamas, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Bhutan and Chile.
Shahid said the credit committee would consider matters on their agenda and they would submit a report to the General Assembly like other committees.
“Of course, as the universal body the General Assembly makes decisions. So it will be 193 countries that will decide,” he said, adding that the committee would review and present its findings and then the entire 193 member states “will have the opportunity to decide. This past has been practiced and it has been done many times.”
Shahid further said that whenever the UN receives “conflicting” credential communications, they are sent to the committee. Sweden, as president, will consult and then a report is expected to be presented to the General Assembly in December.
“So I am waiting for the chair to convene the meeting,” he said, adding that the “final decision” on the credentials would be made by the General Assembly and then the administration would be informed “whatever the General Assembly decides”.
Shahid also specified that apart from the letter from the Taliban last month, no other communication has been received from the group.
On 20 September, on the eve of the start of the high-level United Nations General Debate, the Secretary-General received a communication with the letterhead of the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs” dated 20 September 2021, signed Were. Amir Khan Muttaki” as “Foreign Minister”, requesting him to attend the “76th session of the United Nations General Assembly on 21-27 September, 2021”.
Secretary General’s deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq told PTI that the letter also indicates that as of August 15, 2021, “Mohammed Ashraf Ghani has been ousted and [countries across the world] Will no longer recognize him as the President.”
Ghani, who fled the country after the Taliban took control of Kabul on August 15, appointed Isakzai as Kabul’s envoy to the United Nations in June 2021.
The Taliban’s letter further indicates that the Permanent Representative’s mission has ended and Isakzai no longer represents Afghanistan. The Taliban has named Doha-based spokesman Shaheen as Afghanistan’s new Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
“A new permanent representative, Mohd Suhail Shaheen, is nominated,” according to the Taliban letter.
On 15 September, the Secretary-General also received a communication to the United Nations signed by Isakzai from the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which included the list of Afghanistan’s delegation for the 76th session of the General Assembly. Isakzai was listed as the head of the delegation.
Two communications have been sent by the United Nations Secretariat after consultation with the Office of the President of the General Assembly to the members of the Credit Committee of the 76th session of the General Assembly.
The Committee reports to the Assembly on the credentials of the representatives of the member states of the United Nations. Afghanistan joined the United Nations on 19 November 1946 and Myanmar has been a member of the United Nations since 19 April 1948.
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