New York (Union)

The United Arab Emirates, Japan and France have asked the UN Security Council to hold closed-door consultations on Afghanistan tomorrow, Friday, to hear the UN Under-Secretary-General and Chair of the UN Development Group Sustainable, Amina Mohammed, on her latest. A trip to Afghanistan, including her participation, messages sent and a proper assessment of the situation there. Shahad Matar, spokesperson for the UAE mission to the UN, explained that a closed meeting was the most efficient and appropriate format for the Council to hear from the Under-Secretary-General, given the sensitive nature of the visit and the evolving situation. on the floor.
For her part, Amina Mohammed warned EU member states not to stop humanitarian aid to Afghanistan despite restrictions on women’s rights by the Taliban.
Yesterday, Amina Mohammed told reporters in Brussels that governments must explain to taxpayers why they continue to give money to a country that discriminates against women so much, noting that the awful truth is that women and children in Afghanistan will die without outside help.
Speaking about the need for humanitarian aid, he said that the temperature in Afghanistan is minus 30 degrees and some people don’t have enough food. She added that the international community’s aim should be to pressure the Taliban in other regions to drop rulings against women, or at least make more exceptions. humanitarian aid organizations Since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, Afghanistan has become the only country to deny women an education. EU member states are currently discussing whether it is possible to continue humanitarian aid to Afghanistan under these conditions. Last Monday, German Foreign Minister Annalina Baerbock spoke of a tough stance during a meeting with her EU counterparts in Brussels. “If women are no longer allowed to work in international organizations, help will no longer reach the Taliban,” she said.
Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, on World Education Day, called on the Afghan Taliban to lift the ban on Afghan women and girls accessing secondary and higher education, calling it a “self-defeating” ban. .
For his part, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths said he had asked Taliban authorities to show more clarity about the humanitarian sectors that could be reopened to Afghan workers. “Hunger is on the horizon” amid harsh winters.
Aid agencies say Afghanistan is facing one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, with more than half of its 38 million people at risk of starvation and nearly four million children suffering from malnutrition.
Griffiths expressed his hope that more humanitarian sectors would be open to Afghan women workers.