United Nations Does Not Allot Afghanistan Seat to Taliban, Again

For the third time, the United Nations Credentials Committee postponed the decision on handing over Afghanistan’s seat in the UN to the Taliban.

With the UN refusing to hand over the seat to the Taliban, Naseer Ahmad Faiq, the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan’s previous government to the United Nations, remains in his position.

The UN General Assembly has approved the resolution not to handover Afghanistan’s seat to the representative of the Taliban without voting.

In addition to Afghanistan, the UN Credentials Committee has postponed the review of Myanmar's credentials to a later date.

The UN has said that it has received two correspondences regarding Afghanistan's seat, one from the permanent representative of the former Afghan government and the other from the Taliban's foreign ministry.

The UN had rejected the transfer of Afghanistan's seat to the Taliban on two prior occasions.

Currently, Faiq, who was appointed by the former Afghan government, is the permanent representative of Afghanistan at the United Nations.