Switzerland: Guterres urges financial support for Afghanistan, praises Afghan women

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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for financial support for the Afghan people from the international community during a UN meeting in Geneva, on Monday. The UN chief also praised the generation of Afghan women leaders.
“I urge you to support our flash appeal for $606 million (€513 million) to get urgent assistance to 11 million people in the next four months,” Guterres told the assembly.
“One of the bright spots of Afghanistan today is the new generation of women leaders and entrepreneurs, educated and flourishing over the last two decades. Afghan women and girls want to ensure that gains are not lost, doors are not closed and hope is not extinguished. This is central to the future of the country and every Afghan,” he went on to say.
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths echoed his sentiments, saying, “a better future for Afghanistan in particular depends on the meaningful participation of women in all sectors of Afghanistan’s economy and governance.”
Late last week, Guterres encouraged ‘continuous dialogue’ with the Taliban in the interest of Afghan people.

SOT, Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General: “The people of Afghanistan need a lifeline. After decades of war, suffering and insecurity, they face perhaps their most perilous hour. Now is the time for the international community to stand with them. And let us be clear, this conference is not simply about what we will give to the people of Afghanistan, it is about what we owe.”

SOT, Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General: “To continue our life-saving efforts in Afghanistan, we need four things right away. First, funding; we need more and we need it quickly, and we need to be flexible enough to adapt to the fast-changing conditions on the ground. I urge you to support our flash appeal for $606 million to get urgent assistance to 11 million people in the next four months.”

SOT, Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General: “One of the bright spots of Afghanistan today is the new generation of women leaders and entrepreneurs, educated and flourishing over the last two decades. Afghan women and girls want to ensure that gains are not lost, doors are not closed and hope is not extinguished. This is central to the future of the country and every Afghan.”

SOT, Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General: “The international community must find ways to make cash available to allow the Afghan economy to breathe. A total collapse would have devastated consequences to the people and risks to destabilize the neighbouring countries with a massive outflow.”

SOT, Martin Griffiths, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator: “The role of women and girls is crucial, as anywhere; they must have access to education, they must have their rights and access to other essential services, as anywhere else in the world. And a better future for Afghanistan in particular depends on the meaningful participation of women in all sectors of Afghanistan’s economy and governance.”

SOT, Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Chief Executive: “Nearly 600,000 people, more than half of whom are children, have been displaced due to conflict this year. The number of unaccompanied and separated children is increasing, and we have received informal reports of the recruitment of children by parties to the conflict, and are concerned that children may be at a heightened risk of experiencing other grave violations of their rights.”

SOT, Filippo Grandi, UNHCR High Commissioner: “If you look at it from the perspective of the current crisis, I fear that the collapse of services and that the economy that has already has been described as a risk, coupled perhaps with increased violence and tension, could lead to a much greater displacement, internal and external and this could happen very soon.”

SOT, Natalia Kanem, UNFPA Executive Director: “Afghan women and girls must not be abandoned. My message today: we must stand strong and stand together to protect the fundamental rights, freedoms and very lives of Afghan women and girls and not allow 20 years of hard-won gains to be eroded before their eyes. Neither religious beliefs nor politics must ever be used to justify curtailment of women’s full participation in all aspects of society.”

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