Security Council resolution 2593 (2021) [on demanding that Afghan territory not be used to threaten or attack any country]
Symbol: S/RES/2593 (2021)
Date: 2021-08-30
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/76 [46] AFGHANISTAN SITUATION
S/ X The situation in Afghanistan.
Subjects: Taliban (Afghanistan)|INTERNAL SECURITY|TERRORISM|COUNTER-TERRORISM|AFGHANISTAN|AFGHANISTAN SITUATION
Votes in favour: 13
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 2
Voting record:
country: CHINA
vote: abstention
country: ESTONIA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: INDIA
vote: yes
country: IRELAND
vote: yes
country: KENYA
vote: yes
country: MEXICO
vote: yes
country: NIGER
vote: yes
country: NORWAY
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: abstention
country: SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
vote: yes
country: TUNISIA
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes
country: VIET NAM
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                  S/RES/2593 (2021)
               Security Council                                                 Distr.: General
                                                                                30 August 2021




               Resolution 2593 (2021)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8848th meeting, on
               30 August 2021

                    The Security Council,
                     Recalling its previous resolutions on Afghanistan and the relevant statements of
               its President,
                     Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, territorial
               integrity, and national unity of Afghanistan,
                    1.    Condemns in the strongest terms the deplorable attacks of August 26,
               2021, near Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, which were
               claimed by the Islamic State in Khorasan Province, an entity affiliated with the
               Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da’esh), and resulted in d eaths and injuries of
               over 300 civilians and 28 military personnel, and takes note of the Taliban’s
               condemnation of this attack;
                     2.    Demands that Afghan territory not be used to threaten or attack any
               country or to shelter or train terrorists, or to plan or to finance terrorist acts, and
               reiterates the importance of combating terrorism in Afghanistan, including those
               individuals and entities designated pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999), and notes the
               Taliban’s relevant commitments;
                     3.    Calls for strengthened efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to
               Afghanistan, calls on all parties to allow full, safe, and unhindered access for the
               United Nations, its specialized agencies and implementing partners, and all
               humanitarian actors engaged in humanitarian relief activity, including with respect to
               internally displaced persons, to ensure that humanitarian assistance reaches all those
               in need, calls on all donors and international humanitarian actors to pr ovide
               humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan and major Afghan refugee -hosting countries,
               and underlines that all parties must respect their obligations under international
               humanitarian law in all circumstances, including those related to the protection of
               civilians;
                     4.    Reaffirms the importance of upholding human rights including those of
               women, children and minorities, encourages all parties to seek an inclusive,
               negotiated political settlement, with the full, equal and meaningful participation of
               women, that responds to the desire of Afghans to sustain and build on Afghanistan’s
               gains over the last twenty years in adherence to the rule of law, and underlines that
               all parties must respect their obligations;




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                    5.    Notes the Taliban statement of August 27, 2021, in which the Taliban
               committed that Afghans will be able to travel abroad, may leave Afghanistan anytime
               they want to, and may exit Afghanistan via any border crossing, both air and ground,
               including at the reopened and secured Kabul airport, with no on e preventing them
               from traveling, expects that the Taliban will adhere to these and all other
               commitments, including regarding the safe, secure, and orderly departure from
               Afghanistan of Afghans and all foreign nationals;
                     6.    Takes note of the dangerous security situation around Hamid Karzai
               International Airport and expresses concern that intelligence indicates further terrorist
               attacks may take place in the area, calls on the relevant parties to work with
               international partners to take steps to strengthen security and to prevent further
               casualties, and requests that every effort be made to allow for the rapid and secure
               reopening of the Kabul airport and its surrounding area;
                    7.    Decides to remain seized of the matter.




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