By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, April 19, 2023 at 7:38 PMUN Dep. Secretary-General Amina Mohammed speaking at an academic event in the US said the UN plans to arrange a conference with various envoys to discuss granting recognition to the Islamic Emirate. “And out of that, we hope that we’ll find those baby steps to put us back on the pathway to recognition [of the Taliban], a principled recognition,” Mohammed said. “Is it possible?…
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By Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, April 20th, 2023UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations is ready to take ‘baby steps’ towards recognising the Taliban as it considers options to persuade Afghanistan’s de facto rulers to soften their attitude towards women. For reviewing the option, and its repercussions, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will host a meeting of special envoys for Afghanistan from around the world in Doha on May 1. UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told an…
By Nazir Shinwari in TOLOnews Online, April 11, 2023 at 8:50 PMThe UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in a statement said that the ban on its female Afghan staff working is “unlawful under international law, including the UN Charter, and for that reason the United Nations cannot comply.” The UN in a statement once again reiterated its “unequivocal condemnation” of the “Taliban de facto authorities’ decision” to ban Afghan women from working for the…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews, April 10, 2023 at 8:12 PMThe suspension of work of the UN Afghan national staff in Afghanistan has been extended for another 26-days, a source privy to the issue told TOLOnews. The source said the Afghan employees of the UN will continue their work from home. The move to suspend work for 48 hours was made in solidarity with the female Afghan UN staff—which has been extended until May 5…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews April 05, 2023 at 11:04 PMThe decision of the interim government to ban Afghan female UN staff in Nangarhar from going to work has sparked strong reactions inside and outside the country. UNAMA tweeted serious concerns that female national UN staff have been prevented from reporting to work in Nangarhar province. “We remind de facto authorities that UN entities cannot operate and deliver life-saving assistance without female staff,” UNAMA said.…
report in Prothom Alo, Apr 4, 2023Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Monday asserted that Bangladesh is mature enough and there is no need to take help from the United Nations in the national parliament election of Bangladesh. However, the minister also said that the government has no objection with foreign observers in the election. “There is no need for us to take any cooperation from the United Nations. We are mature enough. We have…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, March 29, 2023The UN Security Council has strongly denounced the “continued heinous terrorist attacks” against civilians in Afghanistan, including a Monday attack close to the Afghan Foreign Ministry that left at least six people dead and several others injured. The Council members emphasized that terrorism, in all its forms and incarnations, poses one of the gravest threats to world peace and security and to peace and security…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, March 20, 2023Afghanistan has asked the UN for assistance and requested wheat storage facilities in response to growing concerns about the country’s drought. The Chamber of agriculture and livestock has called on the UN to help the country amidst concerns over possible droughts. “The international community and other countries need to support Afghanistan under the current situation. The government also has to make wheat storage facilities so…
Reuters Report in Dawn, March 19th, 2023KABUL: The UN World Food Programme has been forced to cut rations to four million Afghans this month, it said in a statement late on Friday, due to a funding shortfall in the midst of the country’s severe humanitarian crisis. “Due to funding constraints, at least four million people will receive just half of what they need to get by in March,” the statement said, adding the UN food…
by Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press, Mar 6, 2023Amnesty International on Sunday asked the United Nations Human Right Council to create an independent fact-finding mechanism to investigate the violations and abuses committed by the caretaker regime in Afghanistan. To support the victims, the evidence against human rights violations must be gathered, and provided at the international level, according to Amnesty International. Amnesty International, in its statement, has highlighted killings, arbitrary detentions, and violations against ordinary…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press, Mar 1, 2023Ramiz Alakbarov, the Deputy Special Representative of UNAMA on Tuesday in a press conference said that Afghanistan’s gross income has declined by 35 percent, and nearly 700,000 people have lost their jobs over the past 18 months. Mr. Alakbarov added that 65 percent of the people need humanitarian aid, and millions are on the verge of catastrophic starvation in Afghanistan. A high-ranking UN official in Afghanistan has…