卢卡斯先生（安哥拉）（以英语发言）：部长先生，欢迎你主持本次辩论会并欢迎你刚才代表安全理事会宣读的主席声明(S/PRST/2016/14)获得通过，它表明了安理会对阿富汗的支持和承诺。我们也欢迎新任秘书长特别代表兼联合国阿富汗援助团（联阿援助团）团长山本忠通先生。我们感谢他的通报，并向在极具挑战性的条件下工作的联阿援助团及其人员表示赞扬和支持。
Mr. Lucas (Angola): Mr. Minister, we welcome your presiding over this debate and the adoption of the presidential statement (S/PRST/2016/14) that you have just read out on behalf of the Security Council as a demonstration of the Council’s support of and commitment to Afghanistan. We also welcome the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto. We thank him for his briefing and extend our praise and support to UNAMA and its personnel, who are working in extremely challenging conditions.