Faiq urges durable solution to Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis

KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan’s Chargé d'Affaires Permanent Mission to the UN Naseer Ahmad Faiq has stressed over developmental assistance to Afghanistan’s national programmes for a durable solution to a humanitarian crisis.

Addressing the UNSC he said: “Humanitarian aid must be delivered without hindrance to all vulnerable people across the country, but such assistance is not a sustainable solution. Rather, this will require concrete steps such as the resumption of development assistance to national programmes implemented by an accountable, legitimate and inclusive Government.”

He went on to say that the people of Afghanistan and the international community have waited for more than a year for the Taliban to fulfil its commitments. However, “the Taliban has disappointed all of us,” he observed.

The Taliban must cease its actions that contradict international law and Islamic values and, with the country on the verge of economic collapse, genuine cooperation between all stakeholders is needed.

Only with a representative, accountable and functional system that fully includes women can Afghanistan be saved from the ongoing crisis.

Calling for the Council’s full support in this regard, he underlined the need for stronger, more effective engagement by the United Nations in his country, particularly concerning the issue of Afghan migrants and refugees.

The Council must act, united, to eliminate terrorist threats, protect Afghan women and girls, increase humanitarian support and help ensure an inclusive future for all Afghans.

Noting that the “main motto at the United Nations is to leave no one behind”, he said Afghan women and girls under the Taliban’s rule are now deprived of their fundamental human rights and freedoms and are being systematically erased from all social, political and economic spheres of life.

Such rights and freedoms must be restored, the doors of schools must be opened to girls immediately.

Women must be allowed to fully exercise their rights, build their capacities and participate in the rebuilding of war-torn Afghanistan.

Calling on the Council to support Afghan women, he also expressed hope that pledging countries will continue supporting the humanitarian response plan for Afghanistan.