阿卜拉塔先生（埃及）（以阿拉伯语发言）：请允许我首先感谢秘书长阿富汗问题特别代表兼联合国阿富汗援助团团长山本忠通先生，感谢他对秘书长季度报告（S/2016/768）所作的重要介绍。我感谢他自就职以来所作的所有努力。我们深信他将继续支持在阿富汗派驻联合国人员，并处理对于联合国及其所领导的特派团具有重要意义的问题。
Mr. Aboulatta (Egypt) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me to begin by thanking Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, for his important introduction of the Secretary-General’s quarterly report (S/2016/768). I thank him for all his efforts since he assumed his post. We are convinced that he will continue to support the United Nations presence in Afghanistan and to address issues of importance to the United Nations and the Mission he leads.