The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says that the distribution of cash aid to the needy is very important during this year's unprecedented cold winter.
In a meeting with the UN delegation led by Martin Griffiths, Acting Minister of Interior Sirajuddin Haqqani emphasized the continuation of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan and added that closing the doors of universities and schools to girls is not a permanent issue, but a temporary one.
Diplomats said that, the United Nations Security Council is due to meet privately to discuss a decision by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to ban female humanitarian aid workers.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to revoke their policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan.
Recently 24.3 million people in Afghanistan in need of food and non-food items received help during the first nine months of this year. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid for Afghanistan (OCHA) said.
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) on Friday condemned remarks by a spokesperson of the UN Human Rights Office on floggings and said the comments were an insult to Islam.
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) closed Sunday with a breakthrough agreement to provide “loss and damage” funding for vulnerable countries hit hard by climate disasters.
The Norwegian Foreign Minister said that, Norway announced its package of NOK 220 million (approximately $22 million) for the UN and World Bank to enhance food security and provide basic services.
Yesterday, the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution on the situation in Afghanistan with 116 positive votes. Speakers in the Manatara meeting regarding the approval of this resolution emphasized the need for an inclusive political process based on the constitution, as well as respecting the rights of various ethnic groups and women ...
Reports by human rights monitoring organizations and missions are “contrary to internationally accepted fact-finding methodologies” The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s foreign ministry said.
In response to a perceived need for a better method of settling international conflicts and negotiating peace than that afforded by the previous League of Nations. The United Nations Charter was established on October 24, 1945.
According to the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations and the Executive Director of the United Nations Women, women's support organizations in war-affected countries, especially Afghanistan, are facing a major lack of money.
Amir Khan Muttaqi said that It is time for the international community and Afghanistan to get closer, and to understand each other’s conditions, priorities and demands.
Mawlawi Abdul Kabir in a meeting with the United Nations Special Representative for Afghanistan, at Spadar Palace said that IEA is not against women’s education and work within the sharia role of law.
Antonio Guterres, the Secretary General of the United Nations expressed concern about the continued exclusion of girls from school in Afghanistan and asked the Islamic Emirate to allow girls to be educated.
Afghanistan is facing a harsh winter and that the "UN humanitarian appeal is only funded at 45 percent." The European Union’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan Tomas Niklasson said.