赛卡尔先生（阿富汗）（以英语发言）：首先，我要祝贺新西兰成功地领导本月安全理事会工作。我们感谢秘书长提交其关于我国局势的最近报告（S/2016/768）。我们欢迎山本忠通大使作为新任秘书长特别代表，并感谢他首次向安理会通报情况。我们期待着同他密切合作。我们祝他在其非常重要的任务中一切顺利。
Mr. Saikal (Afghanistan): At the outset, let me congratulate New Zealand for its successful leadership of the Security Council this month. We express our gratitude to the Secretary-General for his recent report (S/2016/768) on the situation in my country. We welcome Ambassador Tadamichi Yamamoto as the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General and thank him for his first briefing to the Council. We look forward to working closely with him and wish him every success in his very important task.