Afghanistan

Afghanistan: UN agencies sound alarm over emergency aid supply logjam

UN humanitarian agencies are warning that they are unable to bring urgently needed emergency supplies into Afghanistan, and are calling for a “humanitarian airbridge” to be set up immediately, to allow the unimpeded delivery of medicines and other aid supplies to the country.

News in Brief 20 August 2021

  • Aid access to Afghanistan holding amid uncertainty and fear: UN agencies 
  • UN deputy chief arrives in Haiti with message of solidarity 
  • Burkina Faso: UN chief condemns deadly attack on northern town, 80 reported dead 
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‘No way out’ for imperilled Afghans, broader international response needed

Despite a prevailing “sense of fear” among vulnerable citizens, UN humanitarian agencies and their partners reiterated their commitment to the people of Afghanistan on Friday, informing that they are still accessing those in need throughout the country. 

UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva – Afghanistan emergency, Haiti quake solidarity

In today’s show, urgent humanitarian needs in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover, the devastating aftermath in quake-hit Haiti, and how the UN health agency is helping to snub out potentially deadly Marburg virus in Guinea, with insight from World Health Organization’s representative in the country Dr. Georges Ki-Zerbo.

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Ethiopia: UN chief gravely concerned over ‘unspeakable violence’ in Tigray

Speaking outside the Security Council chamber on Thursday, UN chief António Guterres told journalists that he is gravely concerned about the situation in Ethiopia, particularly the “unspeakable violence” against women and others in Tigray.
 

News in Brief 18 August 2021

  • Afghanistan aid and medical lifeline to millions must not be cut, warns WHO
  • Fuel crisis in Lebanon ‘a potential catastrophe for thousands’: UN  
  • Defend trans community rights, Bachelet tells Copenhagen forum 
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Afghanistan: Medical lifeline to millions must not be cut, warns WHO 

The delivery of lifesaving aid and medical supplies to millions of Afghans must not be cut, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, citing a more than threefold rise in the number of trauma cases.

Protect human rights defenders in Afghanistan, says UN rights expert

Afghanistan faces a “cultural disaster”, following the fall of Kabul to Taliban forces, a UN Special Rapporteur said on Tuesday, in a statement urging countries to provide urgent assistance to human rights defenders, including those working on women’s and cultural rights, as well as artists, trying to flee the country. 

News in Brief 17 August 2021

  • UN agencies urge Taliban to make good on promises to protect vulnerable
  • Côte d’Ivoire begins Ebola vaccinations of high-risk populations
  • UN migration agency urges support for aid response in Mozambique 
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Afghanistan: UN agencies urge Taliban to make good on promises to protect vulnerable

Afghan civilians continue to bear the brunt of the Taliban takeover in the country where humanitarian needs remain critical and widespread among existing and newly displaced populations, UN agencies said on Tuesday.