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Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council briefing on Afghanistan
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Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council briefing on Afghanistan
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations on Friday announced a new deputy special representative for Afghanistan, but it's unclear how soon the world body may replace its top official there. For now, the newly appointed political affairs deputy, German diplomat Markus Potzel, will be in charge of the U.N.'s political mission in Afghanistan, U.N.
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The announcement came a day after Deborah Lyons ended her tenure as the UNs chief representative in Afghanistan, departing with a lament for a country that was reshaped by Taliban militants takeover last year.I could not have imagined, when I accepted this job, the Afghanistan that I am now leaving, she said in a statement Thursday, adding that my heart breaks for Afghan girls and women kept from school and work because of Taliban edicts.
Markus Potzel will be the United Nations' new deputy representative to Afghanistan. Between 2014 and 2016 he was Germany's ambassador to Kabul.