首先，我谨感谢秘书长提出关于阿富汗局势的全面报告（S/2016/768），并表示我们赞赏联合国阿富汗援助团在复杂局势中采取的行动。我们热烈欢迎新任秘书长特别代表。
I would like to begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his thorough report on the situation in Afghanistan (S/2016/768) and by expressing our appreciation for the action of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan in this complex scenario. We offer a warm welcome to the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General.