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| Natalia Kanem, executive director of the United Nations Population Fund, holds a news conference in Yemen's capital on March 22, 2022 (Photo: AFP) |
The United Nations urged the world on Monday not to forget the plight of Afghan women and children, despite other international crises, a year after the Taliban returned to power.
The international aid organization Red Cross on Monday appealed to various countries and aid organizations to put aside political objections to the Taliban and start providing aid to the Afghan state institutions to reduce the intensity of the intolerable situation in the country. can be done
According to the news agency Reuters, the Taliban held small-scale celebrations on Monday to mark the completion of the first year in power.
Afghanistan suffers from increasing poverty, drought and malnutrition, with more than half of its population dependent on humanitarian aid for survival.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is one of the organizations that has been providing aid to Afghanistan since the Taliban came to power.
Other aid agencies had suddenly stopped aid. This aid was stopped by the new rulers due to concerns about 'violation of women's rights and sanctions imposed on the country'.
ICRC Director General Robert Mardini says the aid freeze cannot continue.
He said that aid organizations alone cannot replace the government institutions of a country with a population of four crores. Our main message to the states is to tell the development agencies to go back to Afghanistan and continue their assistance to the Afghan citizens who are going through unbearable conditions today.
The United Nations urged the world on Monday not to forget the plight of Afghan women and children, despite other international crises, a year after the Taliban returned to power.
The executive director of the United Nations Population Fund, Natalia Kanem, has warned in a statement on the occasion of the one-year anniversary of the Taliban's seizure of power that the fight-torn country is suffering from severe problems and 95 percent of the population is facing malnutrition. Is.
He said that in these circumstances, when the world is facing multiple and successive crises, we must not forget the women and girls of Afghanistan. It is an insult to all of us when women and girls are denied their basic rights.
He condemned the continued denial of women's access to education and health.
"The situation created by rising fuel prices has been exacerbated by drought and the conflict in Ukraine, which has resulted in nearly 95 percent of the population and nearly all households headed by women," said Natalia Kanim. They do not have enough food.'
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