During the conference, the United Nations said $606 million in emergency funding was needed to deal with the immediate crisis, while acknowledging that money alone would not be enough. The organization has pressured the Taliban to assure that aid workers can conduct their business safely. By the end of the gathering, international pledges had exceeded the requested amount.
But while the Taliban sought to make that pledge, the UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, also speaking in Geneva, said Afghanistan was in a “new and dangerous phase” as the militant Islamist group seized power.
“Contrary to assurances that the Taliban will uphold women’s rights, over the past three weeks, women have been progressively excluded from the public sphere,” she told the Human Rights Council in Geneva, a warning that the Taliban need to use more words. To demonstrate our commitment to helping protect workers.
Monday’s conference was intended to take home the magnitude of the crisis and give Western governments his hesitation to provide aid that could legitimize the Taliban government’s authority by the United Nations to contain international terrorists linked to al Qaeda. identity of leaders
United Nations director of humanitarian and emergency relief operations Martin Griffiths visited Kabul last week and said Taliban officials had promised to facilitate aid delivery.
“We assure you that we will remove past and present obstacles to your assistance and all related projects in Afghanistan under the supervision of the United Nations and other international organizations,” the Taliban said in oral and later written commitments. the seminar. The Taliban also promised to protect the lives and property of humanitarian workers and the security of their premises. On Sunday, Taliban officials assured that they would deliver humanitarian aid by road.
Despite the risks, UN relief organizations are still operating in the country and are probably one of the last international lifelines for hundreds of thousands in need.