A United Nations (UN) summit in Doha, Qatar, ended this Wednesday without any formal recognition of the Taliban government, de facto in power in Afghanistan, but the organization’s secretary general announced a new meeting to address the situation. from the country.
In statements to the press after the end of the meeting on the dated page, António Guterres affirmed that the various participants had not found any commitment to “develop an international approach” to Afghanistan, but all have agreed “not to recognize the Taliban government that governs ‘de facto’ the country”.
At the end of his speech, when asked if he would be willing to meet directly with the Taliban, Guterres replied: “When the time is right to do so, I will not reject that hypothesis, but now is not the time to do so.” .”
“Most importantly, we all understand the concerns and difficulties, and we agree that it is in the Afghans’ interest that we work together. [e definamos] a strategy and a commitment to stabilize Afghanistan,” Guterres said.
The Secretary General of the United Nations expressed his concern about the human rights violations that occur in that country, highlighting in particular the situation of Afghan women and girls, as well as employees of international organizations and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). , after the prohibition by the fundamentalists to continue doing their work there.
He also warned of other “serious concerns” related to the “continued presence of terrorists” in Afghanistan, which poses “a risk to the country, the region and other areas.”
“We cannot underestimate the situation in Afghanistan, which is currently experiencing the biggest humanitarian crisis, with 97% of the inhabitants in poverty and 28 million people in need of humanitarian aid, while six million women, children and men suffer from hunger. Guterres said.
In his speech, the head of the UN warned about the lack of funds to respond to this emergency, given that “the humanitarian response plan, which aims to raise 4.6 billion dollars [cerca de 4190 milhões de euros ao câmbio atual]raised 294 million this year, only 6.4% of the total funding needed.
Given this situation, Guterres indicated that another meeting will be held in the future, without specifying the date, to address all the challenges facing the country, where “fundamental rights and international standards are not being met.”
Source: TSF
