UN Security Council resolution endorses US-Taliban peace agreement
United Nations Security Council meeting on the Mideast attended by United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, Tuesday Aug. 20, 2019 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
The UN Security Council has passed a resolution presented by the United States of America endorsing the US-Taliban agreement on bringing peace to Afghanistan. According to the resolution the developments endorsed by this resolution are the product of more than a year of unprecedented US diplomatic engagement with the Taliban, in coordination with our partners in Afghanistan, the region, and around the world.
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It also underlines that the UN Security Council does not recognize the Taliban as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and does not endorse the return of the Taliban as the IEA. The resolution calls on the government of Afghanistan and the Taliban to build trust and move towards the intra-Afghan peace talks soon. The resolution wants the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to form an all-inclusive negotiating delegation comprised of political leaders, civil society and women to intensify the peace process.