United Nations Security Council Resolution 2593

United Nations Security Council Resolution 2593 was adopted on 30 August 2021, following the Fall of Kabul and subsequent Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. In the resolution, the Security Council demanded that Afghan territory not be used to threaten or attack any other country or to shelter and train terrorists.^[1][2]

UN Security Council Resolution 2593
Taliban fighters patrolling Kabul in a Humvee, 17 August 2021
Date	30 August 2021
Code	S/RES/2593 ([ Document])
Subject	Demanding that Afghan territory not be used to threaten or attack any country
Voting summary	13 voted for None voted against 2 abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China France Russia United Kingdom United States
Non-permanent members	Estonia India  Ireland Kenya Mexico Niger Norway St.Vincent–Grenadines Tunisia Vietnam
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Voting summary

• France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Estonia, India, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico, Niger, Norway, St. Vincent-Grenadines, Tunisia and Vietnam voted for.
• Russia and China abstained from the vote.^[3]

See also

• Afghanistan portal

• War in Afghanistan
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 2501 to 2600 (2019–2021)