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Afghanistan’s Peace Process Will Be Long, Incremental and in Need of a Mediator
Speech by Laurel Miller, Program Director for Asia, at the United Nations Security Council Arria Formula Meeting on the Peace Process in Afghanistan.
Distinguished speakers and participants, thank you for the opportunity to join you for this discussion today.
- Laurel Miller
- ICG
As all the preceding speakers have emphasised, a negotiated settlement to the conflict in Afghanistan would be the best way to advance peace and prosperity in that country and…
But it goes without explaining that peacemaking is hard, and more often than not it fails.
As an independent observer, I…