The deposed former government ambassador For Also asked to speak.
Who represents Afghanistan? Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, in a letter requested to address the UN Annual General Assembly on behalf of Afghanistan, told an Afghan spokesman to the world organization Stéphane Dujarric on Tuesday, September 21.
The United Nations has not yet decided who will represent this country at the meeting that opened on Tuesday, September 22nd. The ambassador of the deposed former government also asked to speak. The two competing demands are in the hands of the “accreditation commission”, said the UN spokesman.
Most governments around the world have yet to recognize the Taliban-appointed government, previously demanding that it fulfill several conditions, including respect for women’s rights and its commitment to allow those who wish to leave Afghanistan.
In the case of two requests for diplomatic representation to a member state, committee members often abstained from deciding on the merits, referring the matter to the General Assembly for decision at the time of a vote.
