UNSC to convene for briefing on Afghanistan this month 

KABUL (Pajhwok): United Nations Special Representative for Afghanistan Roza Otunbayeva will brief the UN Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan this month.

Scheduled as part of the Security Council’s quarterly consultations, the meeting will focus on Afghanistan’s ongoing crisis and the challenges facing humanitarian aid, the UNSC said in a statement.

Briefings will be delivered by Roza Otunbayeva, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA); Sima Sami Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women; and a senior official from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

UNAMA’s mandate remains in effect until 17 March 2025, but the June meeting will provide an opportunity for the Council to assess the mission’s role amid Afghanistan’s escalating crisis.

The consultations will be held in accordance with resolution 2615, which stresses the importance of unimpeded humanitarian access.

Humanitarian leaders hope the session will renew global attention—and urgently needed funding—for one of the world’s most neglected emergencies.

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