Six months of doubt … eroding a vital social and economic coping system and encouraging the population to be a greater uncertainty, “said Deborah Lyons, who is a special representative of the Secretary General and the Head of the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan, known as UNAMA.
Thanking donors for generous humanitarian contributions since August 2021, when international forces left Afghanistan after engagement for two decades, he said the worst results that might be avoided thanks to their support.
When the winter season ends, we might prevent the worst fear of our widespread hunger and hunger,” he said.
However, short-term mitigation measures, however, special representatives told council members that humanitarian assistance was not the same as giving hope to Afghans or preparing a strong foundation for the independence of Afghanistan.
It is very important that we did not find ourselves six months from now in the situation we faced six months ago – with millions of Afghans who face the winter of hunger and the only tool we have is expensive and unsustainable humanitarian handouts,” he said .
At present, the most critical challenge faced by this country is a towering economic critical point that will see more businesses close, more and more people are unemployed and more fall into poverty.
He also quoted the termination of all development assistance and restrictions on international payments, as well as lack of access to hard currency reserves, lack of liquidity and constraints in the central bank.
While Unama has taken all possible steps to inject liquidity into the economy, it emphasizes that more international actions are needed.